| Description | This Vinca cultivar has larger leaves, flowers and a more vigorous grower |
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| Pronunciation | (VING-ka)(MY-nor) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Groundcovers and vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | grows best in part sun to shade, tolerates full if there is ample moisture (Zone #5) |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average, will get crispy in bone dry |
| Soil & Site | prefers rich, moist well drained but grows happily in average |
| Temperature | I have found in very harsh winters (hardiness Z #5) with little snow fall, there can be die back but the plants will quickly recover from the crown in the spring |
| Flowers | small, five petal, solitary 1 inch, pale violet-blue, funnel shaped flowers, April-May |
| Leaves | dark green glossy evergreen leaves |
| Stems | on long wiry stems, branches root as they creep out from the central crown |
| Roots | fiborous, shallow |
| Dimensions | Reaches about 6 inches high and spreads forever. |
| Maintenance | Occasional shearing will help thicken the plant. Weeds should be at a minimum because of the plants thick growth |
| Propagation | easy by division, cuttings |
| Native Site | France |
| Cultivar Origin | Vinca Bowles was discovered by E. A. Bowles (1865 - 1954), in the 1920's growing in a cemetery in France. |
| Author's Notes | I have found in semi-shade moist conditions Vinca is a very fast spreader. In hot dry conditions much slower. |
| Notes & Reference | #68-Groundcovers for the Midwest (Voight, Hamilton,Giles) |
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