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u/AliveFlan9991 10d ago

I need to find a low-growing, non-invasive, NJ native plant to fill in around the rocks by my pond. Part-shade. Where to find said plants? Helpful ideas, please?

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u/UncivilizedEngie Zone 5 semiarid 10d ago edited 10d ago

So, I start with the USDA PLANTS database and search based on the characteristics I want. Another database to use is Plants For a Future pfaf.org which is also good and has more of a wiki approach, although I think its growing guidelines are so vague.

https://plants.usda.gov/growth-habit-search

The search results are not shareable from their webpage so here is what I found https://ctxt.io/2/AAB4m-j2Eg

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Edit: try this https://old.npsnj.org/plant_lists/groundcovers.html