Botanical Name: Vinca minor 'Bowles'
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Common Name: Bowles Vinca  
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Replace turf with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs. If you have areas where no one uses the grass, patches that do not grow well, or a turf area too small to water without runoff, consider replacing the turf with water-efficient landscaping.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Broadleaf Evergreen, Ground cover, Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Violet

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

'Bowles' is a V. minor cultivar selected for its large, violet-blue flowers and dark, glossy green foliage. Flowers are intermittent throughout the summer months. A low-growing, vining, creeping, evergreen groundcover well suited to larger areas, and probably best kept to shrub borders as it would overtake most perennials. Also nice in containers, as it has a trailing habit. Grows about 4 to 6 inches tall with an indefinite spread.