Water's Edge / Bog Plant Archives - Van Wilgen's Garden Center

Blue Vervain

Tall, slender stems hold up 5 to 6 inch spikes of the most beautiful, lavender blue, flowers that bloom for several months! Some say the flower spikes are reminiscent of […]

Celandine Poppy

Create an early season sensation in your garden with this very dependable, very showy bloomer. Heavily lobed, deep green, silver backed foliage emerges early in the spring to form a […]

Steeplebush

This American Beauties summer bloomer has a native range that spans the whole eastern part of the country and provides color and nectar for humans and critters alike! Steeplebush is […]

White Meadowsweet

White Meadowsweet is a deciduous shrub with tiny pinkish-white flowers. Fruits appear in the fall dispersing seeds. Birds and butterflies flock to this perennial! Best planted in a rain garden […]

Short Toothed Mountain Mint

Silvery bracts highlight dense clusters of small pinkish flowers from summer to early fall. The flowers are an extraordinarily good source of nectar for smaller types of butterflies. The leaves […]

Pink Manners Obedient Plant

The much-loved obedient plant ‘Miss Manners’ has a new sister. ‘Pink Manners’ is a well-behaved, clump forming perennial that reaches 3’, just a bit bigger than her sister. Soft pink […]

Starship™ Scarlet Cardinal Flower

Starship™ Scarlet goes above and beyond the expectations of the standard Lobelia with a robust plant that features sturdy, upright, spires packed with brilliant scarlet blossoms from early summer into […]

Blue Cardinal Flower

Those wet landscape spots sure can be difficult to make beautiful. It’s a good thing that native plants like Blue Cardinal Flower are around to fill and beautify spots that […]

Path Rush

Path rush is found throughout the United States and in most of Canada. It tolerates a wide range of growing conditions but prefers moist soil. Great for rain gardens and […]

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus is a clump forming, wetland plant. Upright, fanning, deep green stems make a great accent in a container or water garden. Soft Rush can be planted at the […]