... cultivating our connection
to the natural world.
Native Shrubs
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
Below is a list of the shrubs native to Distant Hill. If a shrub's name is in Green, touch or click on it to see a photo of the plant, its fruit or flower. We hope to be adding more species as we identify them.
NOTE: (C) after a plants
name designates a shrub native to Distant Hill that can be found under cultivation in the ornamental gardens.
The Shrubs Native to Distant Hill
Scientific Name
Common Name
Cephalanthus occodentalis
Chamaedaphne caliculata
Clethra alnifolia
Comptonia peregina
Cornus amomum
Cornus sericea 'Cardinal'
Crataegus sp.
Juniperus communis
Kalmia angustifolia
Prunus viriginiana
Salix discolor
Taxus canadensis
Vaccinium angustifolium
Vaccinium corymbosum
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Viburnum acerifolium
Viburnum alnifolium
Viburnum nudum cassinoides
Viburnum dentatum
Viburnum lentago
Buttonbush
Leatherleaf
Sweetpepper Bush (C)
Sweetfern
Silky Dogwood
Red-osier Dogwood (C)
Hawthorne sp. (C)
Creeping Wintergreen (C)
Witch Hazel
Common Juniper
Sheep Laurel (C)
Chokecherry (C)
Currant sp.
Blackberry
Swamp Dewberry
Red Raspberry
Purple-flowering Raspberry (C)
Pussy Willow
Long-beaked Willow
Common Elderberry
Red-berried Elder
Meadowsweet (C)
Steeplebush
Coralberry (C)
Canadian Yew (C)
Lowbush Blueberry (C)
Highbush Blueberry (C)
Large Cranberry
Maple-leaved Viburnum
Hobblebush
Witherod
Arrowwood Viburnum
Nannyberry (C)
