Vinca Pacifica - Dark Red - Catharanthus roseus - 10 Seeds Bulk Seeds

Vinca Pacifica - Dark Red - Catharanthus roseus - 10 Seeds Bulk SeedsOpen pollinated. Very floriferous, well branched plants show off bright flowers that wont show gaps in hot temperatures. Best to germinate indoors 2 to 3 months before the last frost to plant out in spring.

Small white flowers 3/4 inch across bloom singly or in 2 to 4 flowered umbels in March-April as the foliage emerges

salmon-pink to orange flowers in Winter

It is named after the ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides

papery inflated pod and is almost transparent

Anthocyanins are in the class of flavonoids – compounds found in fruits

most notably the Everlastings

We also recommend that a heat pad is used when germinating chillies of the Capsicum chinense species

and until now

The fruit is fleshy

A great groundcover and popular in hanging baskets too

Plants die back in winter

The 6-8 spines are striking strong and up to 8