#Vinca minor

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Vinca minor (Pikkutalvio)

Or so I presume...

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Periwinkle (Vinca minor)

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What's poppin' in late February: Part 2 of ~7

Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea) Periwinkle (Vinca minor) Ivy-Leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia)

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April 2023

Acrylic paint on 4”x4” canvas board- trio in blue

“Vinca Minor”

“Anemone”

“Bluebells”

Framed trio- white frames no glass

Gift to KJ Pepper, West Bloomington, MI

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Blog #2 - Nothing left for me to do but plants

Great! We made it to blog #2! I made the pictures last saturday but didn't have time/didn't feel like making the post the day and the day after. I'm just happy I'm actually starting this right now. I'm still trying to create a good format for this, so I will probably experiment with this until I find something I'm satisfied with that doesn't take too much time to do. Pictures are also something I didn't think about. I want to have pictures of the plants from the same angle so you can actually see the progress they make, but that's actually very hard to do. Then there's also the lighting that keeps changing. I'll try to be more careful when making pictures from now on, to try to make them more consisted. Anyway, here's the update for week 2(?):

Name: Trachella Species: Trachelospermum Planted on: Match 8th 2024

Last time(March 8th 2024):

Now(March 16th 2024):

Not a lot to report on with her. She does look kind of yellow in the picture, but that's just because it was a very sunny day when I took the picture. While her growth isn't very noticeable in these pictures, I think it's better like this. She'll grow quite a bit this year and her progress will eventually become more visible in contrast

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Name: Cynthia Species: Hydrangea macrophylla Planted on: June 4th 2023

Last time(March 8th 2024):

Now(March 16th 2024):

Cynthia is still doing great. Her leafs are growing back extremely fast! I trimmed the twigs that didn't look very good while being carefull to not cut the ones that started to grow leaves. I read that that stimulates growth.

I did find some white mold on the dirt around her while checking the soil:

I did kind of panic at first and stated to remove it. I eventually did some research, and it seems to be saprophytic fungi. These fungi are responsible for digesting dead plant matter and create nutrients for the soil. This does let me to believe that the dirt is quite healthy in the planter. Or at least, I hope so.

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Name: Cammy Species: Campanula Portenschlagiana Planted on: June 4th 2023

Last time(March 8th 2024):

Now(March 16th 2024):

Not much has chanced since last time. She should eventually grow some flowers, but I think it's just not the right temperature yet. We'll see eventually.

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Name: Victor Species: Vinca minor "Alba" Planted on: Match 8th 2024

Last time(March 8th 2024):

Now(March 16th 2024):

Victor is doing better than I hoped! Even more of his flowers have started blooming and he seems to take well to the new pot. My hope is that the twigs will get very long and hang down from the planter. It'll look great!

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Name: Sam Species: Lavandula munstead Planted on: Match 8th 2024

Sam is the new plant I was talking about last week. I had to buy a new planter because the one I already had was broken from the bottom. I don't know why I didn't buy a lavender earlier because I really love the smell of them. I really hope they'll take well here!

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And than's the update of last week, just a day late. I think I'm also going to post about some random stuff related to my gardening "experience". It's in quotes because I don't want it to sound any bigger than it is. I'm done with this post now so i'll just conclude it here.

So, see you next week!

[the-solarpunk-druid]

I can’t quite tell if this is Vinca Minor or Vinca Major, but either way its a beautiful flower

Spring in the Woods.

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Freitagsgrünchen by Pascal Volk

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Chicago Contemporary Landscape Photo of a mid-sized contemporary partial sun front yard concrete paver water fountain landscape in summer.

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Vincas are a PITA, but at least they're pretty.

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These adorable little blurple-colored flowers are called vinca minor, otherwise known as creeping myrtle. They’re hearty plants that come back and bloom each Spring, spreading out from their original planting spot to wherever they have room. It’s taken over a good part of the yard, but unlike vines which can choke nearby neighbors, myrtle isn’t detrimental to other plants around it, so it coexists with the daffodils and bleeding hearts quite nicely. Neirin just loves it for its purple-blue flowers. Did you know that purple, blue, and black (actually a deep purple, usually) are some of the rarest flower colors? Yep! Blue is the rarest of all. So these little flowers are very special, and Neirin wanted to let them know they’re doing a great job adding color and happiness to the yard. =)

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n92_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: A new British flora;. London,Gresham Pub. Co.,1919.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11453009

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Blog #1 - Lose yourself to plants

This post will just be an introduction to the plants I have right now. I want this blog to be like a journal where I make weekly updates on the state of my plants and what's happening to them. Posts after this will most likely be way shorter, just including pictures and notes on the plants.

This year I decided to start a bit early. The weather has been great the past few weeks and it bring me in a great mood to start working on the balcony again. The store I usually buy plants from doesn't sell outside plants anymore so I had to find a new place to buy them. I did find an amazing replacement for that previous store. I'd say they're way better that the previous one. It's like half an hour by bike but it's worth it's totally worth it.

Anyway, introducing our plants of this year:

Name: Trachella Species: Trachelospermum Planted on: Match 8th 2024

Since I have a trellis I wanted another climbing plant for it. I chose her because she only needs partial sun, doesn't get too big and also because she can't handle temperatures under -10 'C so she probably won't survive the winter. I'm not sure yet if it's a good idea for me to have to potentially huge plant on my balcony that I might have to remove when it gets too big, so I'm still playing it save for now. I just hope she'll look great on that trellis!

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Name: Cynthia Species: Hydrangea macrophylla Planted on: June 4th 2023

Hydrangea macrophylla are very hardy plants. Cynthia here has survived the whole winter without needing any tending to. She's the successor of another Hydrangea I had. They were the only casualty in the battle against the neighbor's cat, which I creatively called "Balcony cat", who was ravaging our once peaceful garden for months. It was their second year here but they died before the battle against Balcony Cat was resolved. Cynthia is already doing a great job following up her predecessor and I hope she'll continue to do great this year!

She might look a bit awkward with that empty space next to her, but that's because her previous plant-mate was a single-year plant. I still need to find a new plant to keep her company, but I want it to be another single year plant. I want Cynthia to grow as big as possible, so there might eventually not be enough room for two plants in the planter. I just want to be ready for that.

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Name: Cammy Species: Campanula Portenschlagiana Planted on: June 4th 2023

Cammy is the second plant returning from last year. Plants like her are usually found on mountains growing between the rocks, so it's no surprise she survived the winter easily. She has a lot of space because I hope she'll grow into it and we'll have a nice patch filling the entire planter.

There's not much history to tell on her because she's always just vibing in the background. Minding her business and doing just fine.

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Name: Victor Species: Vinca minor "Alba" Planted on: Match 8th 2024

I picked Victor because I thought he'd look really good in the planter on the drainpipe. I think he'd look beautiful with the stems hanging from the side. But two years in a row now, every plant on the drainpipe gotten infested with aphids. I don't know if I've just gotten unlucky and an aphid just happens to get blown onto my plants or that I bought plants with aphids on them. Either way, I hope just hope that I won't have to deal with them this year and that Victor will be spared from the aphid curse.

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There's still a plant that I haven't introduced yet, but that's because I haven't planted it yet. I'll probably introduce it next update since I don't want to postpone posting this post any longer than it needs to be. I don't want to fall into the same trap I did last year.

So, see you next week!

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Well, let's start 🃏🙌🃏

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OK, BUT WHAT IF I ALSO HAVE THIS PICTURE, WHICH A FRIEND OF MINE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS vinca minor????

And, there's also.... A DANDELION?????

who wants to see a picture of violets i took outside of my mom and dad's house that i'm planning to draw later 👀