{"id":1672,"date":"2026-10-29T18:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/?page_id=1672"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:45:09","slug":"native-shrub-trials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/growers-guides\/native-shrub-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Shrub Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Rutgers Ornamental Native Shrub Field Trials<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>NJAES Specialty Crop Research and Extension Center, Cream Ridge, NJ<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The objective of the Native Shrub Field trials is to evaluate native and low-input plants suitable for New Jersey landscapes and assess summer stress tolerance, winter and deer damage and insect and disease issues. The field trials include commercially available cultivars, straight native species, locally collected and propagated plants and lastly, releases from USDA Plant Materials Centers.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1672 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/growers-guides\/native-shrub-trials\/field-trials\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2026\/10\/field-trials-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Native Plant Field Trials\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2026\/10\/field-trials-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2026\/10\/field-trials-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2026\/10\/field-trials-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2026\/10\/field-trials-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2026\/10\/field-trials-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2026\/10\/field-trials-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1723'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto by Dennis McNamara\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Introduction to Ornamental Native Shrubs<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Assessment Details: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Growing Conditions\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Sun exposure<\/li>\n<li>Moisture requirements<\/li>\n<li>Soil preferences<\/li>\n<li>Soil moisture<\/li>\n<li>Pruning &amp; maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Bloom time<\/li>\n<li>Propagation strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological Services<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Nectar source<\/li>\n<li>Food source<\/li>\n<li>Cover &amp; nesting<\/li>\n<li>Erosion control<\/li>\n<li>Beneficial insects and birds<\/li>\n<li>Larval hosts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Insects, Diseases or Problems<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Different Cultivars<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Ornamental Native Shrubs:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h5><strong> (Click read more for more information)<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rutgers Ornamental Native Shrub Field Trials NJAES Specialty Crop Research and Extension Center, Cream Ridge, NJ The objective of the Native Shrub Field trials is to evaluate native and low-input &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/growers-guides\/native-shrub-trials\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3407,"featured_media":1723,"parent":1546,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1672","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Native Shrub Trials - Nursery IPM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Evaluating Native and low-input plants suitable for New Jersey landscapes. 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