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 Fever Red Iceland Poppy

Spring Fever Red Iceland Poppy

Deeply cut, medium green, hairy foliage forms a basal mound in early spring. In April, flower spikes rise above the foliage bearing a fat bud that opens to 2-3″ diameter […]

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Spring Fever Orange Iceland Poppy

Spring Fever Orange Iceland Poppy

Deeply cut, medium green, hairy foliage forms a basal mound in early spring. In April, flower spikes rise above the foliage bearing a fat bud that opens to 2-3″ diameter […]

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Garden Gnome Iceland Poppy

Garden Gnome Iceland Poppy

Garden Gnome’ is one of those early spring bloomers that loves the cold, in fact, the colder the winter, the more buds it seems to throw up in spring! Shorter […]

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Champagne Bubbles Pink Iceland Poppy

Champagne Bubbles Pink Iceland Poppy

Plants form a low tuft of light green leaves, bearing large satiny flowers for weeks. This strain features especially large pastel pink petaled blooms. Good in mixed borders, for massed […]

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Thundercloud Swichgrass

Thundercloud Swichgrass

Lush, blue-green foliage stands majestically, producing pinkish-tan panicles nestled among the narrow leaves in late summer. Tall and upright, ‘Thundercloud’ remains standing until spring for superb winter interest.

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Squaw Switchgrass

Squaw Switchgrass

Vivid fall color compared to others of similar size, ‘Squaw’ has thicker stems and wider leaves, which give it an upright, sturdy look. Leaves appear green on one side and […]

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Shenandoah Switch Grass

Shenandoah Switch Grass

Dependable and showy, this native grass will become your favorite garden chameleon as its blades emerge in spring to form a narrow, upright, steely blue-green column of foliage that begins […]

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Ruby Ribbons™ Switch Grass

Ruby Ribbons™ Switch Grass

Straight from the University of Connecticut’s breeding program, this exciting new Panicum will get immediate notice in the garden. Why? There is no other Panicum that turns as deeply and […]

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Cheyenne Sky Red Switch Grass

Cheyenne Sky Red Switch Grass

Forms a dense, upright clump of blue-green leaves that begin to turn wine red in early summer.Purple flower panicles appear just above the foliage in late summer. This petite red […]

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Prairie Winds® Apache Rose

Prairie Winds® Apache Rose

A sturdy, durable ornamental grass that withstands adverse weather conditions. Grey-green leaves form a strictly upright, dense clump. Rose-colored flower panicles and leaf tips in fall. ‘Apache Rose’ contributes to […]

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Switch Grass

Notably wide for a Panicum, ‘Niagara Falls’ is excellent for filling space in the landscape. This native ornamental grass that appears like a Miscanthus in the landscape with arching foliage, […]

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Prairie Sky Swichgrass

Prairie Sky Swichgrass

‘Prairie Sky’ really reaches for the sky, growing straight up, giving it shapely columnar appearance. Narrow clumps of stiffly upright, powdery blue leaf blades turn a golden yellow in fall. […]

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