Trees & Shrubs

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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.

Coral Bark Japanese Maple

Coral Bark Japanese Maple

Leaves are palmate and yellow-green, tinged with red in spring, turning apricot and gold in fall. Winter bark is coral red and the color intensifies to almost salmon as the […]

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Ruslyn in the Pink Japanese Maple

Ruslyn in the Pink Japanese Maple

Amaze yourself and spice up your landscape by planting this dense, compact, rounded, spectacular looking color chameleon of a tree. Small, trident shaped foliage flushes in spring with a brilliant […]

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Peaches & Cream Japanese Maple

Peaches & Cream Japanese Maple

How can you improve on the beauty of a Japanese Maple? How about providing eye-popping foliage that mixes a rainbow of colors on each leaf? ‘Peaches & Cream’ does just […]

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Orange Dream Japanese Maple

Orange Dream Japanese Maple

This compact and upright growing Japanese Maple could be characterized as a large shrub or small tree but it will always be characterized as stunning no matter what category it […]

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Fireglow Japanese Maple

Fireglow Japanese Maple

This dwarf, upright designer selection hails from Milan, Italy and will dazzle you with its flamboyant summer coloration, compact, bushy form, and spring foliage that is a shocking pink when […]

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Emperor I® Japanese Maple

Emperor I® Japanese Maple

This extremely vigorous selection has dark, purple-red leaves that rival, and maybe even surpass those of ‘Bloodgood’, the standard for Japanese Maples. The result is a colorful, big, beefy specimen […]

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Higasayama Japanese Maple

Higasayama Japanese Maple

If you thought you had seen everything that the Japanese Maple world had to offer, guess again! Aggressive growing and upright, ‘Higasayama’ will show you a thing or two about […]

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Cider Hill Japanese Maple

Discovered by Cider Hill Farm of Vermont, this selection was chosen for its hardiness and intense fall color. Similiar to ‘Bloodgood’ in appearance and stature, this variety is hardy to […]

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Butterfly Japanese Maple

Butterfly Japanese Maple

‘Butterfly’ has been around for a long time, but is still one of the most underused Japanese Maples and one of the best for giving you outstanding bang for the […]

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Bloodgood Japanese Maple

Bloodgood Japanese Maple

This tried and true Acer palmatum remains a distinguished landscape favorite. ‘Bloodgood’ is a problem-free specimen and a hardy, vigorous grower capable of providing up to 20’ of symmetrical, rounded […]

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Baldsmith Japanese Maple

Baldsmith Japanese Maple

This small ornate Japanese Maple has the amazing characteristic of changing colors, it seems almost daily! Delicate Threadleaf leaves start out a deep red, disctintively different then most red Japanese […]

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Fernleaf Full Moon Maple

Fernleaf Full Moon Maple

Deeply cut, light green foliage is magical in its texture and color making this plant a one of a kind small specimen tree. Wonderful yellow fall foliage color. Superb, one […]

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