Talk:Vinca minor

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Vinca minor is very well-known and commonly cultivated in North America and "creeping myrtle" and "vinca" are very widely used as common names for this species, both by gardeners and in the horticultural trade. I've restored this information along with a link to a reputable horticultural website which is not as regionally biased as MPF seems to think, and which will confirm this information. MrDarwin 17:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually, that "reputable horticultural website" contains several errors, and is regionally biased - MPF 17:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Also a google search for [ vinca "creeping myrtle" ] gives only 629 hits, compared to 159,000 hits for [ vinca "periwinkle" ] (ratio 1:253) - that is not exactly 'common' or 'very widely used', more like 'insignificant' and 'scarcely worth mentioning'. - MPF 01:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

No time right now, but I'll be coming back to this article later. In the meantime I'll be happy to look for a better horticultural reference if you would be so kind as to point out the "several errors" in OSU's Vinca minor page. I'm scratching my head and trying to figure out just what you're referring to, and thought it would be nice to provide a reference that is easily accessible to the many Wikipedia user who don't have the luxury of a botanical or horticultural library at their fingertips. Isn't the ability to link to other websites supposed to be one of the great things about Wikipedia?

BTW "creeping myrtle" may have gotten you "only" 629 hits on a Google search (is that our arbiter for including common names now?) but if you do a Google search on vinca myrtle, you will get about 57,500 hits. My mistake, I forgot that just plain "myrtle" is quite a common name for this species. MrDarwin 05:06, 27 August 2006 (UTC)