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.

Spring Cinquefoil

Spring Cinquefoil

One of spring’s subtle pleasures, this Potentilla is a vigorous grower and a vigorous mid to late spring bloomer with loose groups of golden-yellow flowers that enliven the ground with […]

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Wing Leaved Potentilla

Looking for a tough, tolerant groundcover that looks refined while putting on a show? This Potentilla may be the plant for you as it laughs off sandy soil and full […]

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Wing Leaved Potentilla

Wing Leaved Potentilla

Looking for a tough, tolerant groundcover that looks refined while putting on a show? This Potentilla may be the plant for you as it laughs off sandy soil and full […]

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Bella Sol#8482; Bush cinquefolia

Bella Sol#8482; Bush cinquefolia

Compact form and large, full sized flowers will really wow the gardener from spring through the summer. Planted alone or in a group, this shrub will surely stand up up […]

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Bella Bellissima™ Bush cinquefolia

Bella Bellissima™ Bush cinquefolia

Compact form and large, full sized flowers will really wow the gardener from spring through the summer. Planted alone or in a group, this shrub will surely stand up up […]

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Bowman’s root

‘Pink Profusion’ will bring ample amounts of joy to your garden with its breathtaking pink blossoms. These Porteranthus plants are drought tolerant and grow well in moist soil with full […]

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Bowman’s Root

Bowman’s Root

Olive-green foliage on woody branches forms a neat mound that serves as the backdrop to delicate, white flowers that bloom in spring and move like butterflies in the breeze. Foliage […]

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Tassel Fern

Glossy, evergreen leaves are shiny and nearly glow in the shaded landscape. Polyblepharum means “many eyelashes” in reference to the hairy fiddleheads and petioles. As the fiddleheads unfurl they flip […]

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Christmas Fern

Christmas Fern

Adaptable and evergreen, this native tolerates such a wide range of landscape conditions that it is a must for the American Beauties garden. While it will thrive in very moist […]

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Variegated Solomon’s Seal

Variegated Solomon’s Seal

One of the true charmers for the shade garden, this plant emerges in the spring forming ladders of oblong cool green foliage brushed with white variegation along arching stems. Pink […]

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Ruby Slippers Solomon’s Seal

Ruby Slippers Solomon’s Seal

Arching, ruby red stems hold blue-green leaves with silvery backing. Stems slowly spread underground each year creating a colony of color that thrives in shady gardens. Fragrant bell-shaped flowers form […]

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Giant Soloman’s Seal

Giant Soloman’s Seal

Stately and fountain-like, this selection rises above the shaded garden with thick, arching stems bearing oval foliage that travels from base to tip. Dangling bell-shaped flowers droop from leaf axils […]

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