In the field of medicine, many life-saving drugs have been developed from plants. In this category, few have been as successfully employed as the rosy periwinkle, Cathanthus roseus. Native to the ...

Vinca minor, aka "myrtle," is an evergreen groundcover well suited for underplanting with both spring and fall blooming bulbs like this colchicum, which is flowering now. Dig a hole with a bulb ...

Plant scientists have taken the crucial last steps in a 60-year quest to unravel the complex chemistry of Madagascar periwinkle in a breakthrough that opens up the potential for rapid synthesis of ...