Fruit Trees & Shrubs

Fruit Trees & Shrubs

There is nothing better than growing your own! At Van Wilgen’s, we think it is important for our kids to know where food comes from. Dive into growing your of Fruit for your next feast.

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.

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Girard’s Rose Azalea

Brilliant color is this Azalea’s calling card with huge, deep rose-pink flowers that completely cover the plant in mid May. Very hardy with excellent winter leaf retention. Dense, compact form makes […]

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Gold Dust plant

Gold Dust plant

The dense, glossy foliage of this evergreen plant is splattered with yellow. Use in beds and borders. This plant is poisonous. Deer tolerant and showy foliage.

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Mr. Goldstrike Spotted Laurel

Mr. Goldstrike Spotted Laurel

This colorful evergreen shrub is the perfect addition to the shade garden, providing a splash of bright gold spots on deep green leaves all on an attractive slow growing rounded […]

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Viking Chokeberry

Viking Chokeberry

While we were admiring the beauty, toughness and hardiness of this Swedish introduction in the landscape, the Swede’s were back home doing the same yet taking it a step further. […]

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Low Scape Mound™ Aronia

Low Scape Mound™ Aronia

Low Scape Mound™ aronia is a tough, tolerant, tidy little mound of glossy green foliage. In spring, it’s covered in hundreds of dainty white flowers, and in autumn, the leaves turn brilliant […]

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Low Scape Hedger™ Aronia

Low Scape Hedger™ Aronia

Beauty from spring to fall in an easy-care package. Low Scape Hedger™ aronia is a super versatile native flowering shrub. Reaching just 3-5′ (.9-1.5 m) tall, it’s a dense column of […]

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Iroquois Beauty™ Black Chokeberry

Iroquois Beauty™ Black Chokeberry

Easy to grow Iroquois Beauty™ is a introduction from the Morton Arboretum and was selected for its unique compact habit. 10 year old plants have slowly colonized to 5′ wide […]

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Ground Hug™ Chokeberry

Ground Hug™ Chokeberry

Ground Hug™ Aronia is a super tough native shrub that naturally grows as a dense groundcover. This unique habit makes it the ideal plant for transforming difficult areas into beautiful, low […]

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Brilliantissima Red Chokeberry

Brilliantissima Red Chokeberry

An underused native stunner, this narrow, upright growing shrub is ideal for grouping in sandy or moist soils and will perform like a champ with landscape interest throughout the season. […]

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Dutchman’s Pipe

Dutchman’s Pipe

This vine is an old-fashioned favorite grown for its large heart-shaped, glossy green leaves which can quickly cover porches and arbors. The name comes from the flowers resemblance to Dutch […]

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Kinnickinnick, Bearberry

Kinnickinnick, Bearberry

Evergreen, low-growing native ground cover. Dark green, glossy foliage turns reddish-bronze in fall, and persistent red berries in winter add color for each season! Berries attractive to many woodland creatures.

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Massachusetts Hybrid Kinnickinnick, Bearberry

Massachusetts Hybrid Kinnickinnick, Bearberry

This beautiful looking native groundcover has an incredibly refined look for a plant that revels in poor, dry, infertile soils. ‘Massachusetts’ is a nearly prostrate grower with small, lustrous, deep […]

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