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.

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  • Add plants to your list by clicking on the wheelbarrow icon; remove plant by clicking wheelbarrow icon again
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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

Photo of Salvia lyrata
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Salvia Lyrata

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Lyreleaf Sage

Lyreleaf Sage offers striking flowers, as well as patterned foliage, and is attractive to bees and butterflies.

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Maianthemum canadense

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Canada Mayflower, False Lily of the Valley

Clusters of tiny white flowers adorn this fragrant spring blooming woodland plant that stands only 6 inches tall.

Photo of Kosteletzkya virginica
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Kosteletzkya virginica

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Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow, Seashore Mallow

This large pink flower has a long bloom time, May-October, and attracts many pollinators including bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

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Gentiana clausa

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Bottle Gentian, Closed Gentian

Sets of strikingly blue flowers are clustered at the tips of single stems surrounded by a whorl of rich green leaves.

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Uvularia perfoliata

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Merrybells, Perfoliate Bellwort

Multiple delicate, pale yellow bell-shaped flowers hang from slender stems of this woodland plant in late spring.