Cultivated Perennials
"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends" Kozuko Okakura
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(N) Designates a plant Native to Eastern North America.
(T) Designates a plant Native to Distant Hill and transplanted from our woods.
(S) Designates a plant Native to Distant Hill propagated from local seed.
The Cultivated Perennials of Distant Hill
Scientific Name
Common Name
A
Alchemilla mollis
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Aquilegia vulgaris
Armeria maritima 'Alba'
Armeria maritima 'Morning Star'
Armeria maritima 'Rubrifolia'
Artemisia stelleriana 'Silver Brocade'
Aruncus dioicus
Asarum canadense
Asclepias syriaca
Aster novae-angliae 'Hella Lady'
Astible japonica 'Rhineland'
Astilbe thunbergii 'Ostrich Plume'
Astilbe 'Purple Candles'
Astilbe arendsii 'Cattleya'
Astilbe japonica 'Deutschland'
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Hennie Graafland'
Aubrieta x cultorum ‘Whitewell Gem’
B
Baptisia australis
Bergenia cordifolia
Boltonia 'Jim Crockett'
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Langtrees’
C
Campanula glomerata
Campanula portenschlagiana 'Aurea'
Campanula punctata
Centaurea montana
Cerastium tomentosum
Chrysanthemum x rubellum
Cimicifuga racemosa
Cimicifuga racemosa 'Atropurpurea'
Cimicifuga racemosa 'Brunette'
Clintonia borealis
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Sunray'
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
D
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'
Dictamnus albus var. purpureus
Dodecatheon meadia
Doronicum cordatum
E
Echinacia purpurea 'White Star'
Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’
Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Rose Queen’
Epimedium x youngianum ‘Niveum’
Eryngium alpinum 'Blue Star'
Eupatorium maculatum
Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate'
F
Filipendula rubra ‘Venusta’
Fragaria vesca
G
Gaillardia x grandiflora
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Czakor'
Geranium renaradi
Geranium sylvaticum
Gillenia trifoliata
H
Hemerocalis 'Red Ribbons'
Hemerocallis 'Catherine Woodbury'
Hemerocallis 'Eenie Weenie'
Hemerocallis 'Frans Hals'
Hemerocallis 'Hyperion'
Hemerocallis 'Little Wart'
Hemerocallis 'Plum Beauty'
Hemerocallis 'Secondhand Rose'
Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'
Hemerocallis 'Strutter's Ball'
Hemerocallis 'Summer Wine'
Hemerocallis 'Velvet Shadows'
Hemerocallis fulva 'Flore Pleno'
Hepatica americana
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
Heuchera sanguinea
Hosta 'Frances Williams'
Hosta 'August Moon'
Hosta 'Blue Twister'
Hosta 'Elegans'
Hosta 'Golden Arrow'
Hosta 'Golden Woge'
Hosta 'Golden Tiara'
Hosta 'Krossa Regal'
Hosta 'Lancifolia
Hosta 'Royal Standard'
Hosta 'Sea Octopus'
Hosta 'So Sweet'
Hosta 'Stiletto'
'Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
Hosta montana 'Aureomarginata'
Hydrastis canadensis
I
Iris cristata
J
Jeffersonia diphylla
L
Lamiun maculatum 'White Nancy'
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Gold Rush’
Liatris spicata 'Kobold'
Liatris spicata 'Snow Queen'
Ligularia dentata ‘Othello’
Limonium latifolium
Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia siphilitiica f. albiflora
Lychnis coronaria
Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Nana'
Lysimachia clethroides
M
Monarda 'Blue Stocking'
Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline'
N
Nepeta x faassenii 'Blue Wonder'
O
Origanum 'Amethyst Falls'
P
Pachysandra procumbens
Pachysandra terminalis
Patrinia gibbosa
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Persicaria affinis ‘Superba’
Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail'
Platycodon grandiflorus
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Baby Blue‘
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonatum falcatum 'Variegatum'
Polygonatum humile
Primula vulgaris 'Paragon'
Pyrola elliptica
R
S
Salvia x superba 'May Night'
Salvia nemorosa 'Snowhill'
Salvia nemorosa 'Sensation Rose'
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy'
Sedum floriferum
Sedum kamtschatka
Sedum reflexum
Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'
Sedum telephium ‘Bon Bon’
Sempervivum tectorum
Sisyrinchium angustifoliom 'Lucerne'
Solidago 'Dansolitlem'
Stachys byzantina
T
Thalictrum rochebrunianium
Thermopsis caroliniana
Tiarella 'Candy Striper'
Tiarella cordifolia
Tiarella 'Spring Symphony'
Trollius x cultorum ‘Alabaster’
V
Veronicastrum virginicum
Z
Zizia aptera
.
White baneberry or Doll’s eyes (N,T)
Lady's Mantle
Willow Blue-star (N)
European Columbine
American Spikenard (N,S)
Jack-in-the-pulpit (N,T,S)
White-flowered Thrift
Deep Rose Thrift
Pink-flowered Thrift
Beach Wormwood
Dwarf Goatsbeard (N)
Goatsbeard (N)
Wild Ginger (N,T)
Common Milkweed (N)
Butterfly Weed (N)
New England Aster (N)
Rhineland Astilbe
Ostrich Plume Astilbe
Purple Candles Astilbe
Cattleya Astilbe
Deutschland Astilbe
Hennie Graafland Astilbe
Large Flowered Aubrieta
.
Blue False Indigo (N)
Elephant’s Ear
Jim Crockett Boltonia
.
Clustered Bellflower
Dalmatian Bellflower
Spotted Bellflower
Mountain Bluet
Snow in Summer
Turtlehead (N)
'Clara Curtis' Fall Chrysanthemum
Black Cohosh or Bugbane
'Autopurpurea' Bugbane
'Brunette' Bugbane
Bluebead Lily (N,T)
Sunray Coreopsis
Moonbeam Coreopsis
.
Cheddar Pinks
Purple Gas Plant
Shooting Star (N)
Leopard's Bane
.
White Coneflower
Small Globe Thistle
Longspur Epimedum
Snowy epimedium
Alpine Sea Holly
Joe Pye Weed (T)
Chocolate Snakeroot
.
Queen of the Prairie (N)
Alpine Strawberry
.
Blanket Flower
Scented Geranium
Cranesbill geranium
Wood Cranesbill
Bowman's Root
.
'Red Ribbons' Daylily
'Catherine Woodbury' Daylily
'Little Grapette' Daylily
'Eenie Weenie' Daylily
'Frans Hals' Daylily
'Hyperion' Daylily
'Little Wart' Daylily
'Plum Beauty' Daylily
'Secondhand Rose' Daylily
'Strutter's Ball' Daylily
'Summer Wine' Daylily
'Velvet Shadows' Daylily
'Flore Pleno' Daylily
Round-lobed hepatica (T)
Coral Flower
Coral Bells
'Frances Williams' Hosta
'Blue Twister' Hosta
'Elegans' Hosta
'Golden Arrow' Hosta
'Golden Woge' Hosta
'Golden Tiara' Hosta
'Krossa Regal' Hosta
'Royal Standard' Hosta
'Sea Octopus' Hosta
'So Sweet' Hosta
'Stiletto' Hosta
'Aureomarginata' Hosta
Goldenseal (N)
.
Dwarf Crested Iris (N)
.
Twinleaf (N)
.
Spotted Deadnettle
Shasta Daisy
Blazing Star (N)
White Blazing Star (N)
Bigleaf Goldenray
Sea Lavender
Blue Cardinal Flower (N)
White Cardinal Flower (N)
Dusty Miller
Ragged Robin
Gooseneck Loosestrife
.
Purple Bee Balm
Oswego Tea (N)
.
Catmint
Hybrid Oregano
.
Allegheny Spurge (N)
Japanese Spurge
Patrinia
Russian Sage
Himalayan Fleeceflower
European Bistort
Balloon Flower
Dwarf Balloon Flower
May Apple (N)
Variegated Solomon's Seal (N)
Dwarf Solomon's Seal
Primrose
Shinleaf (N)
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Violet Sage
White Meadow Sage
Rose Meadow Sage
Bloodroot (C)
Stonecrop Sedum
'Weinhenstephaner Gold' Stonecrop
Yellow Stonecrop
Stonecrop
Tricolor Stonecrop
Bon Bon Sedum
Hens and Chicks
Blue-Eyed Grass
Dwarf Goldenrod (N)
Lambs Ear
.
'Lavender Mist' Tall Meadow Rue (N)
Carolina Lupine (N)
Hybrid Foamflower
Native Foamflower (N,T)
Hybrid Foamflower
Globeflower
.
Culver's-root
.
Heartleaf Alexanders (N)
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