Lesser Periwinkle
Vinca minor
- Flowering period
- March–May
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- gering
Lesser Periwinkle flowers from March to June and provides good nectar with a low pollen value. It forms evergreen carpets in partial shade under woody plants and is notably low-maintenance. The flowers sit low and are used mainly by long-tongued bees and bumblebees. As an early ground-cover flow it closes the gap between the early bloomers and the fruit bloom.
Sources (3)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Kleines Immergrün
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Tew, Baldock, Morten, Bird, Vaughan, Memmott (2023): A dataset of nectar sugar production for flowering plants found in urban greenspaces