Trees & Shrubs

Trees & Shrubs

Excitement and anticipation are the air of a new season.  The birds chirping, the sounds of outdoor activity everywhere!  At Van Wilgen’s we have that feeling every day and want to share it with you.  Our team in the nursery yard is here to make it happen. Whether you are looking to freshen up the front of your house, attract birds and butterflies, or just to get outside and dig in the dirt, we are here to help.

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.

Sugartina® Crystalina Summersweet

Sugartina® Crystalina Summersweet

Sugartina® ‘Crystalina’ enhances all the great summer attributes of our native Clethra and puts it all together in a tight, dense, small landscape friendly package. Dense and full, this wider […]

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Ruby Spice Summersweet

Ruby Spice Summersweet

A superb new form of Clethra with deep reddish-pink blossoms that won’t fade as they age. Tolerates the same conditions as other varieties of Clethra and still has that same […]

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Hummingbird Summersweet

Hummingbird Summersweet

A dense, compact selection of alnifolia with lustrous, deep, dark green foliage and a profusion of long, extremely fragrant flower spikes that will really add spice to any early to […]

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Summer Sweet / Sweet Pepper Bush

Summer Sweet / Sweet Pepper Bush

Summer sweet is a vase-shaped deciduous shrub, which features fluffy, bottle brush-like, 3-6″ spikes of extremely fragrant white flowers that are an extremely important nectar source in summer. Glossy, dark […]

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Yellowwood

This medium-sized tree has large branches with flowers covering throughout in the spring. Blossoms are very fragrant, pale-pink flowers that resemble wisteria bring pollinators to it. Seed pods turning over […]

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Meyer Lemon

Fragrant flowers and juicy, thin-skinned fruit make the Meyer Lemon the pre-eminent tropical lemon. Keep away from frost and freezing contitions during New England winters. Will produce and survive in […]

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Spring Fleecing Fringetree

This Fringetree was selected because of its outstanding floral display. This has to be one of the most beautiful native trees in North America. The delicate, creamy white flowers are […]

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White Fringetree

White Fringetree

This easy to grow and widely underused American Beauties selection is the perfect combination of beauty, utility, and wildlife attractiveness. Long, wide, deep green spear-like leaves cover this multi-stemmed small […]

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Leatherleaf

Leatherleaf

Little known but great looking and well adapted to wet areas, Leatherleaf is a low growing shrub that forms a dense, spreading thicket. Its thick, leathery evergreen foliage points upward […]

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Top Point Dwarf White Cedar

Top Point Dwarf White Cedar

There’s a lot to love about this dense, slow growing little evergreen. You have to love its form… it’s so compact that it will fit in any garden, even in […]

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True Blue False Cypress

This dense growing pyramidal shrub provides sweet texture and foliage color as blue needles provide year round color and ‘fluffy’ look that is one of a kind in the garden! […]

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Soft Serve® Gold False Cypress

Soft Serve® Gold False Cypress

Sunny style and structure for your landscape. Soft Serve® false cypress has long been one of our most popular evergreens, thanks to its neat, appealing shape and deer resistance – […]

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