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 fontanesiana

For more information on invasive plants and recommended native substitues, click on the links below

Invasive Ground Covers

English Ivy

Periwinkle

Creeping Liriope

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

Chinese-Silver-Grass

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