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.

Morello Hummingbird Mint

Morello Hummingbird Mint

Huge flowers are a deep rosy burgundy that blooms from spring through the fall. The bright flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Good in borders. Attracts butterflies; cut flowers are good fresh […]

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Himalayan Maidenhair Fern

Himalayan Maidenhair Fern

This species name venustum means handsome or charming and you will definitely be charmed by this woodland staple. This delicate fern forms a low, slow-spreading patch that gradually fills a […]

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Maidenhair Fern

Maidenhair Fern

Feathery ornamental fern that thrives in the shaded woodland garden. A great combo with thick leaved Hosta, Brunneras and other shade loving perennials.

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Brunette Bugbane

Brunette Bugbane

Another stunning snakeroot selection from one of our finest Eastern natives! Deep purple leaves are almost black. Fragrant pinkish white spikes bloom August through October. Unique and incredible color in […]

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Black Cohosh

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa, commonly called black cohosh, adds architectural height and late summer bloom to a shaded part of the border or shade garden. Also effective in woodland gardens, cottage gardens […]

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Misty Blue White Baneberry

Misty Blue White Baneberry

This plant is a striking, multi-stemmed woodland perennial known for it’s soft, bluish-green, finely cut foliage. Flowers appear in May, followed by vivid, reddish pedicels which produce large, white fruit […]

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Queen of Sheba Bugbane

Queen of Sheba Bugbane

A towering, regal presence in the garden, this selection dominates with its 3 to 4′ height, its beautifully textured, dark blackish-green foliage and its pendulous, stem ending streamers of late […]

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Hillside Black Beauty Snakeroot

Hillside Black Beauty Snakeroot

Intriguing, nearly black, deep purple foliage along with a statuesque garden form make this a plant that demands attention. ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ was found at Hillside Gardens in Norfolk, CT […]

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Chocoholic Bugbane

Chocoholic Bugbane

Dark, bronzy purple, nearly black, foliage has a lacy texture that looks amazing set against lime green hostas or astilbe. Fragrant bottlebrush flowers start blooming in late summer and their […]

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Monkshood, Venus Chariot, Wolfsbane

Monkshood, Venus Chariot, Wolfsbane

A rare find in the landscape and the woods but one of the great native secrets of the Eastern woodlands. Tall and slender this native perennial will bless your garden […]

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Monkshood-Azure / Wolfsbane

Monkshood-Azure / Wolfsbane

Fischeri sends up striking upright spikes of lavender-blue flowers from late summer to early fall when few other blue flowers are in bloom. This species has particularly strong stems that […]

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Noblessa

Noblessa

Noblessa is a different form of Achillea then most gardeners are use to. Almost like a giant Babys Breath except much easier to grow! Its large round, pure white double […]

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