Vinca Major Flower Edible. It is in leaf all year in flower from April to June. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by Bees.
Only the petal parts of these flowers are edible. It is in leaf all year in flower from April to May. North of USDA Zone 7 it is more commonly used as a container plant.
Dark green leaves to 3 long are ovate to lanceolate.
It grows up to 12 inches high with larger leaves and flowers and while it also spreads it makes a more mounding or undulating ground cover than V. Dec 01 2019 Periwinkle plants Vinca spp also known as Vinca are evergreen creeping flowering plants belonging to the Apocynaceae family along with the Desert Rose and Mandevilla vine. The Edible periwinkle feeds by grazing on algae on the rocks using its rasping tongue called a radula. Not only the species belonging to the genus Vinca but also those belonging to the genus Catharanthus are commonly known as Periwinkles.