Jersey-Friendly Plant Database

Search the database for plants:

  • Use the search filters to search for plants. You should register if you plan to save or print your list.
  • View the tutorial video if you are unsure how to start.

Register or Sign:

  • Register or Sign In to save your plant list
  • Add plants to your list by clicking on the wheelbarrow icon; remove plant by clicking wheelbarrow icon again
  • Refresh page if you don’t see your plant list.
  • If you remove plants and they are still in your list, clear cache/memory in your web browser and login again.

Register/ Sign In

Search for Plants

Search for a specific plant or use the search filters below to identify plants. The list of plants will change as you make selections. As you select more filters your list will narrow. View the tutorial video if you are unsure how to search.

Find a Specific Plant

To search for a specific plant, enter common name or scientific name below.

Select a Region

New Jersey is divided into four main physiographic regions based on differences in relief, landforms, and geology – Ridge and Valley, Highlands, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. The boundary between each region is determined by a major change in topography and geology. For more information see New Jersey’s physiographic regions

Select one of these options if you live in one of these ecoregions. Leave unchecked if you are not sure.

Select yes if you wish to narrow your list to New Jersey native plants only. Learn more.

Select based on whether you have a problem with deer in your yard. Learn more.

Select if you would like plants that attract birds or pollinators like bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects. Link for more info.

Make selection based the amount of sunlight or shade in the area you'd like to plant. Learn more.

If you know your soil type, make the appropriate selection. Learn more about soil types.

If you know your soil pH, make a selection. If you are uncertain, consider getting a soil test.

Learn more.

Select based on whether your soil is wet most of the time, periodically wet or moist (medium-drained), or dry most of the time (well-drained). Learn more.

Make selections based on whether your planting areas are dry most of the time (including extended periods during which there is little or no rain) or if your planting areas have access to irrigation. Learn more.

If your property is in a coastal area and subject to salt spray or salt water (or if you’re planting along roadways frequently exposed to winter de-icing products), consider plants with high to medium salt tolerance. Learn more.

Plants

photo of Viburnum prunifolium
register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Viburnum prunifolium

register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Blackhaw, Blackhaw Viburnum, Stagbush

Blackhaw is a wildlife-friendly deciduous shrub featuring white flowers, which bloom April-May. The nectar is attractive to native bees and...

photo of Viburnum nudum
register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Viburnum nudum

register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Possumhaw, Smooth Witherod

Possumhaw is a deciduous shrub featuring white, fragrant flower clusters, which bloom June-July. The nectar provides a food source for bees and...

photo of Viburnum lentago
register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Viburnum lentago

register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Nannyberry is a deciduous shrub, which features white flowers blooming early to mid-May. The flowers provide a nectar source for native bees and...

photo of Viburnum dentatum
register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Viburnum dentatum

register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Arrowwood, Southern Arrowwood

Arrowwood is a wildlife-friendly deciduous shrub featuring white flowers with yellow stamens, which bloom May-July. The flowers provide a nectar...

photo of Viburnum x burkwoodi
register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Viburnum x burkwoodii

register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Burkwood Viburnum

Burkwood Viburnum is a cross between V. utile and V. carlesii. Fragrant white flowers bloom in April, followed by red, berry-like fruits, which ripen...

photo of Viburnum acerifolium
register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Viburnum acerifolium

register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Mapleleaf Viburnum, Dogmackie

Mapleleaf Viburnum features yellowish-white flower clusters blooming April-August. The flowers are followed by red berries, which turn blue-black...

photo of Veronicastrum virginicum
register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Veronicastrum virginicum

register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Culver's Root

Culver's Root features tiny, multiple, white to pale-blue flowers, which bloom on erect spikes, June-August. The nectar is a valuable food source for...

photo of Veronica spicata
register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Veronica spicata

register or login to use the plant listPlease register or login to build your personal plant list.

Speedwell, Spiked Speedwell

Speedwell features deep blue-purple flowers on tall spikes, which bloom June-August. Deadhead flowers to promote continuous blooms. Speedwell prefers...