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.

Cherry on Top™ Sorbaria

Cherry on Top™ Sorbaria

With the improved Cherry On Top™ Sorbaria, experience this plant’s classic foliage beauty, with the added benefit of the perfect topping to complete your enjoyment. After the white plume flowers […]

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Male Skimmia

Male Skimmia

Beautiful evergreen shrub with shiny, dark green leaves. Aromatic foliage and fragrant flowers. Can do so in light shade. Pollen source for female plants, needed to produce bright red berries […]

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Female Skimmia

Female Skimmia

Beautiful evergreen shrub with shiny, dark green leaves. Aromatic foliage and fragrant flowers. Can do so in light shade. Female plants require a close-by male plant to set berries. Plant […]

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Coraljade Stonecrop

Coraljade Stonecrop

This new member of the ROCK ‘N GROW® collection is a perfect counterpart to ‘Lemonjade’. It has the same rich green foliage as the former, but instead of yellow flowers, […]

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Back in Black Stonecrop

Back in Black Stonecrop

New to the ROCK ‘N GROW® collection comes an upright Sedum with near black leaves. Enjoy the dark leaf foliage throughout the summer, and when late summer rolls around, flowers […]

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Joe Kozey Japanese Umbrella Pine

Dense, slow-growing, narrow upright, pyramidal evergreen with whorls of thick, dark green, glossy needles that almost appear to be plastic! Reddish-brown buds and branches. Selected by plantsman, Sydney Waxman from […]

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Japanese Umbrella Pine

Dense, slow-growing, pyramidal evergreen with whorls of thick, dark green, glossy needles that almost appear to be plastic! Reddish-brown buds and branches. Tough, low maintenance, nearly pest-free, and a magnificent […]

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Japanese Umbrella Pine

Japanese Umbrella Pine

So clean, so perfect looking your customers will think this plants plastic!! Slow-growing when young, speedier as it ages, this pyramidal wonder’s deep green, thick glossy needles will show their […]

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Flirty Girl False Hydrangea-Vine

Flirty Girl False Hydrangea-Vine

One of the problems with Schizophragma and other climbing hydrangea is that they can take a while to mature and produce flowers. Flirty Girl™ solves this issue, producing beautiful flowering 2 or […]

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Sassafras

Sassafras

Sassafras trees are valued for their fragrant spring blooms that attract butterflies. It is also a host plant for a variety of butterflies. Bright green foliage adorns the interesting, horizontal […]

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Fragrant Sweet Box

Fragrant Sweet Box

Outstanding evergreen foliage puts a shine on a shady growing location while teeny white flowers borne in the leaf axils in spring pack a powerful punch with their superb fragrance. […]

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Himalayan Sweet Box

Thrives in partial to full shade. Feed yearly with an organic fertilizer. Prune after bloom in spring to shape and control size. Deer resistant. Fragrant bloom. Perfect for formal gardens […]

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