Plant Database
Bowles' Common Periwinkle
Vinca minor ‘Bowles’s
Vinca minor 'Bowles' (often spelled 'Bowles's') is a superior, vigorous evergreen ground cover prized for its profuse, large, violet-blue flowers and dense, glossy foliage. This classic selection of the common periwinkle forms a lush, weed-suppressing mat of small, oval to lance-shaped, dark green, leathery leaves on long, trailing, rooting stems. From early to late spring, with sporadic blooming into summer and fall, it produces an abundance of large, five-petaled, pinwheel-shaped flowers in a rich, deep violet-blue, creating a brilliant, carpet-like display that attracts bees and other pollinators. Exceptionally adaptable, drought-tolerant once established, and deer resistant, it is an outstanding choice for erosion control on slopes, ground cover under trees, rock gardens, foundation plantings, and containers.