2025 AAS Flower Winner
Vinca Sphere Polkadot
This new vinca boasts a charming, compact, and uniformly rounded habit, creating a sphere of flowers that bloom profusely all summer. Its key benefits include excellent disease resistance, strong performance in hot dry conditions, and superior resilience against heavy rain and storms; a crucial advantage in regions experiencing increasingly severe weather. This fast-flowering variety features small, sparkling blooms on glossy foliage, making it an ideal choice for walkways, borders, containers, and eco-friendly gardens.
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Plant Description
Genus:
Catharanthus
Species:
roseus
Common Name:
Vinca
Plant Habit:
Compact
Plant Height:
11 inches
Foliage Color:
Green
Bloom Time:
Late spring till frost
Bloom Color:
White with eye
Bloom Size:
1.1 inch
Breeder:
Miyoshi & Co. Ltd.
Close Market Comparison:
Cora XDR Pink Halo, Sunstorm Mix
Planting & Care
Garden Spacing:
11-15 inches
Duration Type:
Annual
Light Needs:
Full sun
Water Needs:
Dry to normal
Weather Tolerance:
Heat
Dead Heading Recommended:
No
Staking Required:
No
Pollinator Friendly:
Yes
Container:
Yes
Hanging Basket:
Yes
Low Edging:
Yes
Ground Cover:
Yes
How to Grow:
Sphere series is compact-vigorous and keeps a uniformly mounding habit. excellent shape. Plant in full sun, and water normally.
Judges Observations
- “Flower power all summer!”
- “The vinca performed well and did not succumb to disease pressure. Nice, compact plants and mostly uniform. This would be a charming plant for walkways.”
- “They do look nice and healthy and performed well through hot summer. The plants are compact and keep a good shape.”
- “Uniform growth habit, compact, well-branched plants. Smaller-sized clear white with red eye flowers cover the plants.”
- “Love the petite habit! The blooms sparkle on the glossy foliage. Vincas should be included in every eco-friendly garden.”
- “Smaller flowers make this entry perform MUCH better than comps after a storm. With projections forecasting that rains will decrease in frequency and increase in ferocity, this might be the Vinca of the future! Very uniform, and held up well through the season.”
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