Jersey-Friendly Plant Database

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  • Use the search filters to search for plants. You should register if you plan to save or print your list.
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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.

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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

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Itea virginica

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Sweetspire, Virginia Sweetspire, Viginia Willow

Sweetspire has long tassels of fragrant, small white flowers, which bloom in early summer. Its leaves turn attractive shades of red to purple in the...

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Iris versicolor

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Blue Flag, Harlequin Blueflag, Northern Blueflag

Blue Flag is a native iris with attractive sword-shaped, blue-green leaves. Bluish-purple flowers with yellow markings bloom on tall, sturdy stalks,...

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Ilex verticillata

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Common Winterberry

Common Winterberry is a deciduous holly with very showy, bright red, berry-like fruits from late fall through winter. Tiny, greenish-white flowers...

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Ilex opaca

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American Holly

American Holly is a wildlife-friendly evergreen tree with dark green, spine-tipped leaves and light gray bark. Its tiny, greenish-white flowers...

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Ilex montana

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Mountain Holly, Big-leaved Holly

Mountain Holly is a deciduous holly, which grows well at high elevations. Its spineless leaves are larger than other holly species' leaves. Mountain...

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Ilex laevigata

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Smooth Winterberry

Smooth Winterberry, a close relative of Common Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), is a deciduous holly with spineless leaves. Its white to cream...

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Ilex glabra

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Inkberry, Gallberry

Inkberry is an evergreen holly with spineless leaves. Tiny, greenish-white flowers bloom in the spring, followed by black berry-like fruits in late...

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Ilex cornuta

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Chinese Holly

Chinese Holly is a dense, rounded evergreen shrub. Its small, white, fragrant flowers bloom in May. Since it is dioecious (separate male and female...

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Iberis sempervirens

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Candytuft, Evergreen Candytuft

Candytuft is a low-growing, mounding semi-evergreen perennial with shiny, dark green leaves. Small, white, cloud-like flowers cover the plant...

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Hyssopus officinalis

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Hyssop

Hyssop is a shrubby, semi-evergreen perennial with fragrant leaves. Fragrant, blue-violet flowers bloom June-September. Use as an ornamental or herb...