There is such small, but surprisingly attractive flower – periwinkle. Plant extremely brittle, with small gentle flowers. However vital force in it surprising. Periwinkle from those flowers which blossom even under suddenly dropped out snow and if to cut off it and to put in vase, then in week he is able to take root if to replace it back to the earth.
History of periwinkle is very interesting, it warded off disaster, drove away evil spirit, used in fortune-telling. But, perhaps, not these qualities involve modern gardeners in this flower, he remarkably lives in the stony soil. And if the soil is improved by fertilizers, it is even a little, the periwinkle in gratitude will decorate your garden with graceful and gentle bluish-violet carpet. Only twelve subspecies of periwinkle are known, but any its version is equally durable.
Watering is almost not necessary to periwinkle, it manages precipitation and moisture from the soil, very with firmness transferring even long drought. This flower is rather resistant to winter cold weather and frosts, but if you prefer the trimmed periwinkle, it is better to cover for the winter it with pillow from leaves.
This charming kid seeds breeds, it is possible and to cherenkovat, it is possible to divide bush. Two last ways are more widespread. Planting periwinkle in soil, it will be correct to keep distance between shanks to equal 30-40 centimeters. During the season the small periwinkle will fill all area around the put shank.
No diseases, any wreckers bear in themselves health hazard of carpet from periwinkle. In colors and unpretentiousness the periwinkle is very similar to Veronika, plant from pochvopokrovny too. Besides it has medicinal properties about what it is much written in literature on herbs.
The most known species of periwinkles of which gardeners are fond it is big periwinkle, small periwinkle, grassy and trimmed. Quicker than all the relatives turns into magnificent carpet small, but big is more decorative. Blossoming at all types lasts month. The weakness of grassy periwinkle is that he does not love too humidified soil, but it is its only shortcoming. The leaves of the trimmed periwinkle which have fallen down in the fall will be the remarkable blanket which is wrapping up plant during winter cold weather.
The one who will get at himself in garden periwinkle will be surprised, this live carpet as sprouts of periwinkle on the ground gracefully creep as bluish flowers are charming is how beautiful and gentle.