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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS PHOTO NAME Common & Scientific HEIGHT White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricata 12” - 30” Wild Bergamot 24” - 48” Monarda fistulosa Wreath Goldenrod Solidago caesia FLOWERS Bloom Time & Color LIGHT SOIL Moisture & Type WILDLIFE MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT white freely seeds; lights up fall shade L SO C L SO Y, fragrant flowers and foliage; can spread C L SO Y, blooms in shade; not aggressive MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT pink to purple 18” - 36” MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT small yellow DEER RESISTANT AND NOTES GROUNDCOVERS, CAREXES AND GRASSES PHOTO NAME Common & Scientific HEIGHT Christmas Fern 12” - 24” Polystichum acrostichoides Golden Ragwort Packera aurea Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Moss Phlox Phlox subulata Spreading Sedge Carex laxiculmis Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum FLOWERS Bloom Time & Color LIGHT SOIL Moisture & Type WILDLIFE MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT no bloom, dark green leaves 6” - 18” MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT yellow 24” - 48” 3” - 6” MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT yellowish-white 36” - 72” MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT green to brown to rose 3”- 6” L S Y, drought tolerant; very ornamental; turns bronzeorange after frost C L SO Y, spreading, mat-forming evergreen – Y, mostly evergreen; grows in dense rounded clumps C L O C L S Y, bunch grass with great fall color; tolerates wet areas L SO Y, spreads vigorously in sun; host for 80 caterpillar species L SO Y, evergreen; forms dense mats; easy-to-control – – MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT white 3”- 6” C L O Y, semi-evergreen ground foliage with a spring flower layer floating at 2’-3’ – MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT red, purple, or white 12” - 18” Y, clumping; evergreen L O MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT green to reddish tan MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT white DEER RESISTANT AND NOTES KEY LIGHT........................................................................................................................................................................................... WILDLIFE Butterflies Shade = less than 3 hours of direct sunlight a day, or filtered sunglight Partial shade = approximately 3 to 6 hours of direct sunlight a day Full sun = at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a

terflies Shade = less than 3 hours of direct sunlight a day, or filtered sunglight Partial shade = approximately 3 to 6 hours of direct sunlight a day Full sun = at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day SOIL CONDITIONS – Moisture..................................................................................................................................... – – Dry = water does not remain after a rain Moist = soil is damp, and occasionally saturated Wet = soil is saturated, except during droughts Hummingbirds Songbirds Beneficial Insects (Bees, other pollinators, and pest-controlling insects like lady beetles) HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL A non-woody plant that lives for more than two years. It dies back at the end of each growing season, then re-emerges each spring from the root stock. DEER RESISTANCE Y = Deer-resistant plant SOIL CONDITIONS – Type........................................................................................................................................................ (Note that even listed plants may sometimes be eaten.) PHOTO CREDITS C L S O USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database: https://plants.usda.gov/ Organic soil (contains a high percentage of organic matter such as decayed leaves) Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder: Sandy or coarse-textured soil (drains rapidly) www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/ your-garden/plant-finder.aspx Loamy or medium-textured soil (drains but holds moisture) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: www.wildflower.org Clay or fine-textured soil

JerseyYards.org Get started with Going Native! Then try the searchable Plant Database on the JerseyFriendly Yards website to find even more native plants for your yard. Using the database, you can create a custom list of plants suited to your yard’s specific growing conditions. Locate nurseries that sell native plants by using the website’s “Where to Buy” page and resources on the Native Plant Society of NJ website. Jersey-Friendly Yards is packed with information and resources to guide you through the steps to a healthier yard. Learn how to maintain healthy soil, reduce use of fertilizers and pesticides, conserve water, and create habitat for wildlife. A healthier yard means a healthier environment and a healthier New Jersey! The Barnegat Bay Partnership developed Jersey-Friendly Yards for the entire state of New Jersey with 319(h) grant funding from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. The Northern New Jersey Edition is based on the original brochure created by the Barnegat Bay Partnership for the Barnegat Bay watershed. Friends of Foote’s Pond Wood, in consultation with the Native Plant Society of New Jersey, modified the original to create this Northern New Jersey edition. A pdf is available at fofpw.org, npsnj.org, and jerseyyards.org. Please contact us with questions via any of these websites. ©2023 Barnegat Bay Partnership • barnegatbaypartnership.org • PO Box 2001 • Toms River, NJ 08754 For copies of the original edition, email Barnegat Bay Partnership at bbp@ocean.edu. COVER PHOTO: Garden photo by Don Knezik. COVER INSET PHOTOS (l. to r.): Bird photo by Raymond Truelove (iStockphoto.com). Butterfly photo by Edward Teune (Wikipedia Commons). Hummingbird photo by Joe Schneid (Wikipedia Commons). Bee photo by Hannah Gaines, provided courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ABOVE PHOTO: Black-Eyed Susans photo by Joseph Pirozek. This message has been funded by the USEPA under a Clean Water Act grant agreement to Ocean County College and has not undergone USEPA review.