Field Guide / Native Plant
Native Plant
Frogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
Frogfruit is a native groundcover with a ridiculous name and a serious résumé: it takes light foot traffic, sips water, and runs a daycare for several species of butterfly larvae. One of the best lawn alternatives the Hill Country has — which is to say, one of the best arguments against the lawn itself. 🦋
Water
Low
Sun
Full · part
Spreads
Groundcover
Wildlife
Butterfly host
A tough, low groundcover that takes foot traffic and feeds butterfly larvae — it does, quietly, everything turfgrass only pretends to do while it drinks your water and bills you monthly. A native lawn alternative, and frankly an indictment.
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