Vinca minor 'Bowles'
Vinca
USDA Hardiness Zone 4-9
Reliable, creeping groundcover with larger and more numerous flowers than the species. Foliage is shiny and dark green. Lilac-blue pinwheel flowers appear in the spring.
Interesting Notes
Vinca is dereived from the Latin word vincio (to bind). Discovered in the 1920's by E.A. Bowles, in a French cemetery.
Bloom Time
March-April
Good Companions
Plantain Lily
(Hosta ),
Yellow Archangel
(Groundcover- Lamiastrum galeobdolon),
Japanese Windflower Anemone
(Anemone ),
Leatherwood Fern
(Dryopteris marginalis)
Characteristics & Attributes
Attributes & Uses
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Ground Cover |
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Containers |
Exposure
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Full Sun |
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Partial Shade |
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Shade |
Season of Interest (Flowering)
Season of Interest (Foliage)
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Fall |
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Winter |
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Spring |
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Summer |