Days to Maturity: 65 to 75 direct sow; 40 to 45 transplant

All-America Selections (AAS) Winner 2019

Mega Bloom Polka Dot Vinca is a tender perennial (Zones 10 to 11), typically grown as an annual, offering early summer through fall interest, generally blooming until first frost. Putting on a continuous, showy display, Mega Bloom Polka Dot Vinca produces an abundance of huge 2- to 3-inch pinwheel-shaped blooms with overlapping snowy white petals and a pink eye. Borne singly or in pairs on short stalks, the phlox-like flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators to the garden.

A Catharanthus roseus cultivar, commonly called periwinkle, Mega Bloom Polka Dot Vinca has a compact, upright, mounded habit of glossy, dark green foliage and a vigorous growth rate. The plants are highly uniform and remain neat and tidy with healthy foliage all season. They are often used as ground cover or edging in beds and borders, but