Vinca major

Vinca major L. Engl.: bigleaf periwinkle, greater periwinkle. Deu.: Grosses Immergrün. Suom.: isotalvio. Sven.: stor vintergröna, större sinngrön. Ital.: pervinca. Pre-Linnaean: Clematis daphnoides major, Clematis daphnoides major flore caeruleo, Clematis major, Pervinca vulgaris latifolia flore caeruleo.

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Photo: Vinca major 6.

Photo: Vinca major 6. Flowering patch. Landbohojsk. bot.g., Copenhagen, Denmark. Planted. 2005-06-06.

Photo: Vinca major 7.

Photo: Vinca major 7. Flower. Landbohojsk. bot.g., Copenhagen, Denmark. Planted. 2005-06-06.

Photo: Vinca major 8.

Photo: Vinca major 8. Twig in flower. Landbohojsk. bot.g., Copenhagen, Denmark. Planted. 2005-06-06.

Photo: Vinca major 9.

Photo: Vinca major 9. Flowering twig. Landbohojsk. bot.g., Copenhagen, Denmark. Planted. 2005-06-06.

Photo: Vinca major 10.

Photo: Vinca major 10. cv. Flower and variegated leaf. Landbohojsk. bot.g., Copenhagen, Denmark. Planted. 2005-06-06.

Photo: Vinca major 11.

Photo: Vinca major 11. cv. Flower and variegated leaf. Landbohojsk. bot.g., Copenhagen, Denmark. Planted. 2005-06-06.

Photo: Vinca major 12.

Photo: Vinca major 12. Flowering plant with variegated leaves. Lund bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2005-06-06.

Photo: Vinca major 5.

Photo: Vinca major 5. Massive growth, this was huge. It was along the edges of the botanical gardens, and I expect it had escaped from cultivation. Nagai bot.g., Osaka, Japan. Wild. 2001-05-09.

Photo: Vinca major 4.

Photo: Vinca major 4. Flower, variegated leaf. Okamoto, Kobe, Japan. Planted. 2001-05-03.

Photo: Vinca major 2.

Photo: Vinca major 2. Flowers. This was a garden escapee, growing along a road. Okamoto, Kobe, Japan. Wild. 2001-05-03.

Photo: Vinca major 3.

Photo: Vinca major 3. Flowering plant. Okamoto, Kobe, Japan. Planted. 2001-05-03.

Photo: Vinca major.

Photo: Vinca major. Flowering plant. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Greenhouse. 1999-03-06.

Photo: Vinca major 1.

Photo: Vinca major 1. Flower. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Greenhouse. 1999-03-06.