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.

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Purple Parasols Stokes Aster

Many times customers tell us our plant tags don’t come close to matching the actual flower color seen on the plants when in the garden. With ‘Purple Parasols’, we can […]

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Elf Stokes Aster

Elf Stokes Aster

This sport of the old Stokesia standard, ‘Blue Danube’ is far superior in every way. It’s dense, tight, compact form is much nicer and much more garden ready that ‘Blue […]

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Hummelo Stachys

Hummelo Stachys

Large, rounded clump of long, narrow, textured green leaves are attractive even when not in bloom. Showy spikes of two-lipped lavender-rose flowers rise above the foliage throughout summer, creating a […]

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Silver Carpet Lambs Ears

Silver Carpet Lambs Ears

A superb low-maintenance groundcover. Thick, fuzzy foliage rapidly forms a soft, spreading mat. Good sun and drainage is necessary as the hairs retain water, creating a potential for rot. Non-flowering. […]

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Helen Von Stein Lambs Ears

Helen Von Stein Lambs Ears

Also called ‘Big Ears’ thanks to the huge leaves, twice the size of its little cousin. Woolly and velvety, silvery-white in color, the foliage has a strong clumping habit and […]

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Windbreaker Big Sacaton

Windbreaker Big Sacaton

Formerly called ‘Mesa Form’, this statuesque prairie dropseed comes to us from the breeding efforts at the Los Lunas Plant Materials Center in NM. Originally bred to be a wind […]

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Dwarf Prairie Dropseed

Dwarf Prairie Dropseed

Narrow fine textured blades create a tight upright habit that is slightly stiffer than the species and more compact. Silvery flowers are held above the foliage in fall and droop […]

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Prairie Dropseed

Prairie Dropseed

This clump forming American Beauties grass is one of the signature North American native grasses and has a decidedly fine texture with very thin, deep green grass blades arching over […]

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Ragin Cajun Indian Pink

Ragin Cajun Indian Pink

Indian Pink is an excellent source of nectar for hummingbirds when it blooms in June. Plants form rounded mounds of glossy green foliage topped by orangeish-red, trumpet-shaped flowers tipped in […]

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Little Red Head Indian Pink

Little Red Head Indian Pink

Indian Pink is an excellent source of nectar for hummingbirds when it blooms in June. Plants form clumps with glossy green foliage topped by crimson red, trumpet-shaped flowers tipped in […]

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Indian Pink

Indian Pink

It’s hard to believe that a plant with such outstanding bloom and such tolerance of partial to full shade is so unknown, but that is just the dilemma faced by […]

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Blue Indian Grass

If you are looking for a remnant of the American Prairie, this widespread native was once the predominant component of that environment and is still a dominant species in many […]

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