Pristine, pretty, pure periwinkles
@allknowing (153544)
India
January 15, 2018 11:41pm CST
Periwinkles come in different colours and they are pretty too. I have a few but they will always have more than one shade in the flower - atleast there will be a dot in the middle of a different colour. But this as you will see is pure white not something one sees often.
There is a fear that this may suddenly vanish and come back with a dot in the middle. I am not sure how I can keep it pure. It is the result of cross pollination.
Do you have periwinkles in your garden. They are very easy to grow. They do not need much attention.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
16 Jan 18
Here are some shades although some have now disappeared. from my garden
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Jan 18
@allknowing I've seen them often but didn't actually know their name.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
16 Jan 18
There is no guarantee as because of the bees and butterflies there is always cross pollination
@allknowing (153544)
• India
16 Jan 18
I have not seen any with black centres but I think mostly they are red.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
16 Jan 18
We used to have lots of these on our school grounds. If I'm not mistaken, these were the flowers we used to pluck the petals muttering "he loves me, he loves me not". 
Such nature bullies we were. 
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
16 Jan 18
@allknowing Oh we took it seriously back then. Us and our undying love for our crushes. 
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
16 Jan 18
@Theresaaiza So funny really to think that the entire globe had similar thoughts
@allknowing (153544)
• India
17 Jan 18
The pink periwinkles normally have red centres but there are as many as 9 colours. There is a blue too and I am wanting to own that.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
16 Jan 18
They are easy to grow and spread on their own.
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@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
16 Jan 18
@allknowing that is great. I would love to plant periwinkles in my tropical garden when I am there this year.
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@averygirl72 (38847)
• Philippines
16 Jan 18
So now I know they are called periwinkles. I used to have white periwinkles and they are beautiful but now they are gone. I'm bored with pink periwinkles they look so ordinary. Thanks for sharing this plant
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
16 Jan 18
Pink are most common. But there are several colours now. I have a few. I have posted a collage in @judy Evan's box. here.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Jan 18
Lovely little flowers that are Nature's pure white.
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