Friday, May 9, 2025

May 9, 2025

This is Madagascar Periwinkle
It makes a pretty herbaceous ground cover
But it only thrives in drier environments
With too much water, it gets root rot and keels over.

Location: Possum Long Nature Center, Stuart

Sources: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FP112

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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