If last summer's heat and drought wilted your pansies, consider planting Madagascar periwinkle this year. For sunny sites with dry soil, few flowers can beat this heat-loving beauty. In tropical or ...

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 ...

I was almost tempted to drop discussions on this plant because as much as I tried, no one seems to know the indigenous names. And then, I said to myself, “What is in a name anyway?” It will be unfair ...