Rock Garden Archives - Van Wilgen's Garden Center

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 […]

Whitley’s Speedwell forms a mat of feathery olive-green leaves, bearing tiny sapphire-blue flowers that nestle on the stems in late spring. Makes a colorful and drought tolerant groundcover or lawn […]

Creeping Speedwell

These gloriously flat mats of deep green, shiny foliage produce a sweet effect in the landscape. Dependable, tough, yet very attractive, this selection really shows off in May with loads […]

First Glory Speedwell

‘First Glory’ forms a low mound of attractive deep green foliage that gives rise to numerous spikes of dark royal-blue flowers. A compact Speedwell selection, ideal for near the border […]

Royal Candles Speedwell

This dense, compact plant takes up very little garden space but makes up for it with enough flower power to make it seem three times its size. Deep green foliage […]

Pink Chintz Thyme

You’ll love this plant’s deep olive green foliage that forms a solid, flat, creeping carpet in the landscape. Perfect for well-drained soil, ‘Pink Chintz’ puts on a great salmon-pink flower […]

Elfin Creeping Thyme

You’ll find this flat, tuft-forming gem hard to resist with its cute, smaller size, its tremendous gray-green foliage, and its soothing, soft pink early summer bloom. A great rock garden […]

White Thyme

Stunning, light green foliage provides a wonderful contrast with darker foliaged Thymes while forming a thick, low mat that is smothered in clouds of white flowers starting in mid to […]

Fire Chief™ Globe Arborvitae

Nearly perfectly globe shaped evergreen has finely textured, bright golden spring foliage. Very slow growing variety with fantastic autumn colors of deep red. This selection is a worthy choice for a […]

Matcha Ball® Ash Leaf Spirea

This is the perfect sized shrub for the smallest of gardens! Matcha Ball® ash leaf spirea forms a perfect round ball of pretty fern-like foliage in a fresh shade of green […]