Our “Plant This, Not That” demonstration garden at Silvermont Park is designed to help you find a native plant to use instead of as a replace for non native invasive species in your landscape.
These plants can not only provide the same look and texture, but also, similar features and growing habits, all while providing critical habitat for native wildlife.
The plants we have in our garden at this time include:
New Jersey Tea - Ceanothus-americanus
Summersweet - Clethra_alnifolia
Dwarf Fothergilla - Fothergilla_gardenii
Inkberry holly - Ilex_glabra
Winterberry Holly - Ilex_verticillata
Ninebark - Physocarpus_opulifolius
Fragrant Sumac - Rhus-aromatica
Little Blue Stem Grass - Schizachyrium_scoparium
Dog Hobble - Leucothoe fontanesianaFor more information on invasive plants and recommended native substitues, click on the links below
Invasive Ground Covers
Ground Cover Alternatives
Plantain-leved Sedge - Carex plantaginea
Virginia-creeper - Parthenocis susquinquefolia
Moss Phlox - Phloxsubulata
Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’ - Rhus aromatica
Wild Pink - Silene caroliniana
Invasive Grasses
Bamboo -Bamboo
Miscanthus sinensis
Grass Alternatives
River or Wild Oats, Northern Sea Oats - Chasmanthium_latifolium
Bottlebrush Grass - Elymus-hystrix
Switchgrass - Panicum_virgatum
Little Bluestem - Schizachyrium_scoparium
Invasive Perennials
Orange Ditch Lily -Common-Daylily-10.0
Fig Buttercup - Lesser Celandine
Perennial Alternatives
Invasive Trees
Tree Alternatives
Invasive Vines
Vine Alternatives
Invasive Shrubs
Shrub Alternatives
