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.

Happy Face Hearts® Potentilla

Happy Face Hearts® Potentilla

The prettiest potentilla! Most people plant potentilla because they just need something tough. And Happy Face Hearts potentilla is that – but it’s also pretty enough to feature in your […]

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Goldfinger Shrubby Cinquefoil

Goldfinger Shrubby Cinquefoil

Flowers are big, over 1″ in diameter and show beautifully against dark green, fine textured foliage during their summer-long bloom. Easy care and a real summer show stopper with loads […]

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Dakota Sunspot® Bush Cinquefoil

Dakota Sunspot® Bush Cinquefoil

‘Dakota Sunspot’ may be the best flowering of the shrubby Potentillas with tightly packed flower buds that open to a deluge of 1″ diameter single, bright yellow flowers from late […]

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Creme Brulee™ Potentilla

Creme Brulee™ Potentilla

Add a pop of white to the landscape with this double flowering potentilla. Bright white flowers adorn this rounded shrub throughout the entire summer. Dark green foliage contrasts beautifully with […]

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Abbottswood Cinquefoil

Abbottswood Cinquefoil

A free-flowering summer wonder with white bloom that starts in June and continues through frost. Fine-textured and spreading with deep blue-green foliage, this variety is very easy to grow and […]

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Mckays White Cinquefoil

Mckays White Cinquefoil

Hardiness and dependable, profuse bloom are the stand-out characteristics of this long-blooming gem. Dense and full with delicate, small foliage, ‘McKay’s White’ is overcome by a wave of creamy-white, nickel-sized […]

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Bella Bianca Potentilla

Bella Bianca Potentilla

Elegant only begins to describe how put-together Bella Bianca® Potentilla is in the landscape. This petite new selection continues to please all season with pure-white flowers that completely cover its […]

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Quaking Aspen – Clump Form

Quaking Aspen – Clump Form

This multi-stemmed Quaking Aspen is perhaps most noted for its beautiful white bark, its deep green, glossy foliage that quakes in the slightest breeze, and its golden fall color. Delicate […]

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Flavor Queen® Pluot

Flavor Queen® Pluot

(Semi-Dwarf) Get ready for superb flavor from this interspecific Plum, Apricot cross that will give you a mixture of some of the best traits of both fruits. This first thing […]

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Thunderhead Japanese Black Pine

A shrubby, more compact form of Japanese Black Pine with an irregular growth habit that adds a dramatic character to the landscape. Branches grow and expand as a building storm […]

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Twisted Needle White Pine

Twisted Needle White Pine

White Pine is one of our area’s standout native evergreen trees. ‘Torulosa’ puts a new twist on this old time favorite with curled, twisted needles that cover the plant and […]

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Soft Touch White Pine

Soft Touch White Pine

A delightful, dense, dwarf selection from the research of Dr. Sid Waxman at the University of Connecticut, ‘Soft Touch’ is a Cary Award recipient for good reason. Its growth habit […]

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