Perennials

Perennials

Welcome to the Perennials Department! Perennials are important to every garden because of their vast uses, along with the great fact that they come back year after year. Fragrance, pollinator capability, ground cover, soil stabilization, and a full range of color palettes are just a few of the characteristics that make them great for your garden. The team at Van Wilgen’s researches all perennials to make sure only the very best are brought in to help create the dream garden for each customer’s needs and desires. We also grow our own line of perennials right here on the property. These are plants are tried and true as great plants that are well adapted to our growing region. We take pride in working with each customer individually to help them find the exact plants that would be perfect for their garden.

Please note, below is a sample of some of our favorite plants that we carry throughout the year, and not a representation of current inventory. To find out what’s in stock, pay us a visit or give us a call. We’re here to help.

Heart Leafed Meadow Parsnip

Heart Leafed Meadow Parsnip

Glossy heart-shaped leaves form a tight basal mound that serves as the backdrop for stems loaded with flattop clusters of tiny yellow flowers starting in early May. Perfect for grouping […]

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Color Guard Yucca

Color Guard Yucca

Sword-like evergreen leaves add loads of texture to the landscape along with great color as it foliage is accented with a bright band of gold down the center of each […]

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Blue Elf Sedora

Blue Elf Sedora

Steel-blue tufted foliage is accented by hundreds of pink, fragrant flowers. Easy to grow this colorful groundcover has excellent branching and is tolerant of hot dry conditions once it becomes […]

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Virginia Chain Fern

Virginia Chain Fern

Grow Virginia Chain Fern in moist to saturated soils in shade or part sun. Be prepared for it to fill the moist soil area, but it will need help with […]

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Barren Strawberry

Barren Strawberry

An aggressive, superbly low maintenance groundcover, this selection forms a dense mounding mat of shiny, strawberry-like foliage that comes alive with loads of sunny, bright yellow flowers from early May […]

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Silver Gem Prostrate Blue Violet

Silver Gem Prostrate Blue Violet

Silver variegated, tiny reddish-green foliage forms a cute little mound that is covered with delicate violet blooms from early spring and sporadically through the rest of the year. Attractive but […]

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Striped Cream Violet

Striped Cream Violet

Cream-colored flowers, with purple striations on the lower petal. Don’t worry if you see some holes from caterpillars on the lush deep green leaves. Many moths and the Fritillary butterflies […]

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Common Blue Violet

Common Blue Violet

White or blue flowers can be found scattered among the dense deep green foliage. Don’t worry if you see some holes from caterpillars on the lush deep green leaves. Many […]

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Birds Foot Violet

Birds Foot Violet

Can plants be described as cute? If you are willing to make that concession, Viola pedata is one of the plants that is most likely to fit this description. With […]

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Labrador Viola

Labrador Viola

This little gem looks dainty but it hides incredible toughness behind this veneer of small size and delicate beauty. Small, round foliage emerges in early spring, purplish-green and showy forming […]

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Etain Pansy

Etain Pansy

How can such a small plant have such a huge flower output? I guess we’ll never know but don’t ponder that question too long, just sit back and enjoy a […]

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