Native Plants

Wilder Hill Gardens is pleased to offer a growing number of native perennials, shrubs, and trees. These carefully cultivated plants, grown without herbicides or pesticides, will add beauty and vibrancy to your garden while delighting pollinators and birds. Look for the spring 2024 Wilder Hill Gardens workshop: Using Native Plants in the Home Landscape.

Wilder Hill Garden Native Plant List

Herbacious Native Perennials

Achillea millefolium (White yarrow)
Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern)
Anemone Americana or Hepatica species
Asarum canadense (Native Ginger)
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Chelone (Pink Turtle Head)
Cimicifuga (Black Cohosh)
Dryopteris (Autumn Fern
Echinacea (Cone Flower)
Eupatorium (Joe Pie Weed)
Erythronium americium (Trout Lily)
Heuchera (Coral Bells)
Mertensia Virginia (Virginia Bluebells)
Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox)
Polygonatum (Soloman’s Seal)
Polystichum (Christmas Fern)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
Uvularia grandiflora

Moderately Sized Native Shrubs

Aronias
Native Blueberry Bushes (enjoyed by birds)

Clethra alnifolia (Sweetshrub)
Diervilla “Kodiak series”
Fothergilla
Hydrangeas, native types
Ilex (Winter Berry)
Psycocarpus (Nine Bark)
Red Twig Dogwoods
Salix (Bush Willows) great for wet areas
Sambucus (Elderberry)
Viburnum prunifolium and several other types
Witch Hazel

Native Trees

American Hazelnut
Amelancher arborea and A. Canadensis (Service Berries)
Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Pagoda Dogwood
Thuja plicata (Aborvitae)
Quercus rubra (Red Oak)