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.

Pennsylvania Sedge

Pennsylvania Sedge

You might never notice this plant until you saw it perform in dry, dark, shaded landscape areas where its ability to grow, shine, and thrive will definitely grab your attention. […]

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EverColor® Everillo Japanese Sedge

EverColor® Everillo Japanese Sedge

This is a low-growing, evergreen, grass-like perennial with long, thin, arching leaves. Foliage is chartreuse towards the center becoming more gold were exposed to more light.

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Eversheen Japanese Sedge

Eversheen Japanese Sedge

Sensational in all seasons,it is hard not to fall in love with this easy care, evergreen color machine that forms a mounded flowing mound of long, narrow bright yellow foliage […]

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Everlime Japanese Sedge

Everlime Japanese Sedge

Aggressive and carefree, this selection will thrill you with outstanding foliage. Amazing, straplike, glossy green foliage is lined on the edges in lime creating an eye-catching, flowing mound in the […]

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Everest Japanese Sedge

Everest Japanese Sedge

The pinnacle of beauty; fountains of narrow leaves with wide, pure-white leaf margins spill over to form compact clumps. A shade-loving grass, ‘Everest’ is lovely pouring on to a path, […]

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Evergold Variegated Japanese Sedge

Evergold Variegated Japanese Sedge

While not having a significant flower, the bold yellow variegation makes this grass outstanding. Does well in the shade, a rarity among ornamental grasses. Blooms in July.

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Everglow Sedge

Everglow Sedge

Texture and color distinguish this selection with flowing blades that form a stunning orange mound when flushing in spring followed by green-tinted orange color in summer. As the weather cools […]

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Silver Sceptre Sedge

Silver Sceptre Sedge

Crisp white variegation sets this Carex apart. Leaves are narrow and have a tight, clumping form with a clean landscape appearance. Nice and bright, overall silvery effect for an otherwise […]

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Ice Dance Variegated Japanese Sedge Grass

Ice Dance Variegated Japanese Sedge Grass

At first appearance this grass looks great, but maybe a little too delicate for your landscape situation. Looks can be deceiving because its delicate appearance belies the fact that ‘Ice […]

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Bunny Blue™ Sedge

Bunny Blue™ Sedge

Brighten up any shade to semi-shade area with this striking, mounding little grass. ‘Bunny Blue’ is evergreen, so its tussock metallic-blue foliage is visible year round, plus its foliage is […]

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Blue Zinger Sedge

Blue Zinger Sedge

Dress up shady areas with this easy to grow, very tolerant grass that features an upright, clumping form and cool, colorful, blue-lime colored foliage that really stands out. Form a […]

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Bristleleaf Sedge

Bristleleaf Sedge

Delicate in appearance, bristleleaf sedge makes a wonderful, low-growing groundcover or lawn alternative. It can grow in sun or shade and is drought tolerant once established. It blooms in spring providing an […]

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