Vinca major
Blue Periwinkle at Hackett, ACT
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| Vinca major | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Mar 2016 | |
| Vinca major | waltraud | 6 Mar 2016 |
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User's notes
Several patches of periwinkle; the photograph shows the largest patch; the brown colour indicates dead plants as a result of herbicide treatment.
4 comments
12 Mar 2016
Waltraud - do you know what the chemical treatment was on this patch, I have had great trouble trying to kill Vinca major, and have resorted to digging it out.
16 May 2024
MichaelMulvaney
I sprayed with Starane as part of a trial to see what works best. I used Starane to spray StJW and hit a small patch of Vinca which I found dead when I monitored later. I added Pulse Penetrant, a surfactant.
cc abread111
I sprayed with Starane as part of a trial to see what works best. I used Starane to spray StJW and hit a small patch of Vinca which I found dead when I monitored later. I added Pulse Penetrant, a surfactant.
cc abread111
17 May 2024
I sprayed the lot plus a number of other sites in the reserve along / east of the backyards Mackenzie Street towards north. Unfortunately it grew back and I didn't had the capacity to follow-up which of course is absolutely necessary. I was interested to see for myself what works and wanted to provide a demo site (not that the land manager was interested at that time....). I did spray smaller Vinca patches in good grassy woodland further northeast and managed to follow up there a couple of times...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.161593-35.256139
- Altitude 598.0m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 2 Mar 2016 05:56 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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Species information
- Vinca major Scientific name
- Blue Periwinkle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1255m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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