Frog Fruit Ground Cover - The Lawn Alternative for your Florida Native Plants Landscaping
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- If you are looking for ground covers for your landscaping, whether it is a ground cover perennials or an evergreen ground cover plants. And you want to know what the best drought tolerant groundcover is? I vote for turkey tangle frogfruit! Native Plants? Phyla nodiflora ground cover is an amazing option. Worried about foot traffic? Check out these low maintenance landscaping ideas for your Florida Garden! These are the best ground cover plants to get rid of grass and start bringing in beauty and wildlife demonstrating the importance of native plants.
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I got tired of mowing my lawn so I planted an orchard , best decision I have ever made , watching from Okinawa Japan 👍🏻
What kind of fruit trees they grow in Japan?
Hi from Florida 🦩! I love how you changed your space to an orchard!
Why can't all neighbors be like this lovely woman and Mr. Cliff?
I enjoyed this video and am curious how your frog fruit groundcover is doing. Did you replace your whole front lawn with it? I'd love to see an update! Thanks so much! - Jax homeowner who is tired of putting thousands of gallons of potable water onto the yard to keep St. Augustine growing
I live in rural north Florida. My property was left natural so I don't have any turf grass. Just native grasses and ground covers. You can definitely have a lawn without traditional grass and it looks better in my opinion because most of what I have blooms. I'm sure it's a challenge to convert in already developed areas
That is so awesome that you have native grasses and native ground covers!!!! Its a little challenging... but also... urban/suburban aren't that big of lots... so not as much land to manage. Happy Gardening! 👩🌾
@@WildFloridian Thank you! I have a very cute little light green clumping grass that's evergreen and it puts on tiny white flowers. I need to identify it. I'm sure it's also fun to have a blank slate to make your own
Hello again. She has it good as looks as if the neighborhood is well to do and keeps their lawns mowed before they go to seed... like THIS neighborhood waits till theirs GO TO SEED before they mow. And Frog Fruit is not that easy to weed here out by the (dirt) road. It can get downright embarassing, takes forever, I use a long shanked screwdriver.
@@Sandra-gk3ct Yeah she's very lucky. Her neighbors seem very environmentally conscious
Looove frog fruit. Saw it at an Austin park l, ton of beautiful ground over. Super excited when I found out it was a native plant! What a blessing it is to have a neighbor who loves gardening too and is open and HAPPY coordinating gardening ideas with you!
I have sunshine mimosa for my front yard and does great. It is contained by 2 driveways so it doesn't drift into neighbors yards. I tried the frog fruit in backyard but it didnt do as well. Got over competed by weeds. I don't have irrigation so I think that was the problem. The mimosa does better during droughts. It flourishes...and weeds die out.
I love this. I’ve been looking at lawn alternatives for a while. I was looking at perennial peanut and dwarf mondo … I do love that this one is native and a host plant though.
I need to show you what is growing from the sidewalk to the road at work. It is a combination of Frog Fruit, Sunshine Mimosa, Mexican Heather, some tiny red and purple Portulaca, and a few other native looking plants. There is also torpedo grass growing through it - probably what the City planted about 15 years ago. I don't think they were forward thinking enough to plant natives. More places are, but I have a great time trying to identify all the little flowering plants growing in the "grass".
Yes! I love walking areas that people don't intend to go native... and seeing what grows and thrives! 🙌
I'm excited to see how this method works out!
Thanks for the info and inspiration. Your yard and your neighbor’s yard look beautiful
Thank you Alejandra!!! 🥰
Ok I’m never doing sod again. Love it native
Yay Jenellle!!!
Really really good video. Thumbs up for you as always!!!
Thank you Diana 🥰
Please tell Mr. Cliff that his flowers and butterflies are beautiful 😍 What is that lovely red flowering shrub that is attracting so many butterflies??? I mainly grow natives but I would plant that as a nectar source.
I noticed 3: Fire bush, glory bower (not native, but I have some too), and old fashioned (heirloom) pintas (also not native, but which I have).
Pintas are a must for butterflies & most native nurseries sell them. The key is old fashioned (heirloom) because the cultivars don’t produce nectar or, if they do, it’s not as tasty to butterflies.
Highly recommend both old fashioned pints for butterflies, mystic spires salvia for bumble bees, and African blue basil for our smaller bees. All 3 bloom mostly all year so provide nectar as our natives boom & then recede.
Also, the glory bower *is* wonderful. Though it’s not listed as an invasive, the potential is there in my opinion because it produces an abundance of pups. However, I do keep it. If I were to sell my house, I’d try to kill it all off though. I know I control it. But think it’s not a good idea for those who maybe won’t be so careful.
And the large butterflies adore it.
I agree with all that Katie is saying below. The one that you saw lots of butterflies on is cleodendrum glory bower. It is a massive spreader so beware. Mr. Cliff cuts it back every year. And I will definitely pass along the message. He will be so tickled 🥰
@katie cannon you are spot on!
Can you show how you water these delicate plantings
I am in Tx, border of zone 8b & 9a. we freeze hard at least once a year these past few years. I am considering this for part of what I mow. Do you freeze? yes I would appreciate an update on your frogfruit now. thanks! this is cool. grass stinks!
I don’t freeze in my zone. But it grows all around the state. I hear that it might die back in north Florida. Some of the original research came from one of the Universities in Texas. They’ve done a bunch of testing and would be a good reference for how it will work for you.
Love your videos I'm learning so much and you are a really good teacher and have a great personality I laugh a lot at your silly comments I meant that in a good way anyway one question I do have about it can I walk on it and is it some kind of a succulent thanks again
Have you considered putting pavers every foot or so to absorb foot traffic?
I hadn't for that area... but that is a great idea!
Can I place frog foot undr oak trees? What native trailing plant you recommend. I saw in another of your videos to try peanut? Can't remember the name...
Hello!! So glad to have found this channel. Thank you for this video. I am so new to all of this!! I found a nursery to get frog fruit from. Now to plant- do I just put the little babies in the ground like so? Thank you for considering my question.
I'd love to try that up here in SC, but finding any for sale is a nightmare. I've never seen it being used anywhere as a ground cover, native or not, which is weird considering how many people like ground covers to help keep the weeds at bay. I'll continue the hunt, though.
I ordered some Frogfruit cuttings and, after rooting, put most of them in small pots to root more extensively. However, I planted three of the well rooted cuttings directly into the ground in a clear area. Soil is good.Got plenty of sun, and they were doing great. I had a garden fence around them to make sure critters didn't bother them. However, one day, I went out, and they had been eaten down to the nub. I don't think it could have been rabbits due to the fence. We have been getting eastern lubber grasshoppers, but I haven't seen any in the area these were planted. What ate these? Any ideas?
I've posted here before about 6 months ago. Deleted the post because it's become irrelevant now. I wanted to make a possible correction to the information you're providing. About a month ago I actually found some native frogfruit growing around the outer fields of my job. Long story short I was able to cultivate it, from only about a dozen clippings of the wild-growing stuff, into some potting soil/containers and got about 4, nice-sized, uh, "groupings" of frogfruit that I put in the ground and they are quickly creeping along in a bare patch on my side yard.
As for the correction, being that I'm also from North Florida, I do not BELIEVE either I or you are dealing with the nodiflora strain of frogfruit. I believe it's the phyla lanceolata (lance-leaf frogfruit) that seems to proliferate our region. The nodiflora/Kurapia cultivars seem to have not as 'tall' of a growth pattern compared to the lance-leaf variety. Your frogfruit seems to of turned out quite bush-like in it's growth pattern. That is definitely NOT the M.O of the other 2 types.
Soooo, yeah, my two cents. I'm half tempted to make a video showing how mine has been growing. Maybe I will, I dunno...
What about Florida snow? It is everywhere in my area and does well during drought? Only thin is it is prolific, but the bees LOVE them.
Florida snow aka Florida pusley is an invasive species 😔 So it is a no no.
@@WildFloridian Pretty sure it is native. Listed as such by the USDA.
Of the 3 I like: frog fruit, kurapia, and dwarf carpet of stars, do any (or all)of them stay green through central Florida winters without watering?
I don’t know the other two to be able to comment. Where I live in Central Florida, Frogfruit gets a purplish tinge once it turns cold. This is how I can tell people have it, even from a distance.
I just bought my house in central Florida. My yard is pretty bad, lots of dry grass and no moisture. Chip drop just dropped off a bunch of mulch. Can I mulch my front yard over the dry grass and seed it for grass growth? Thank you in advance!
What a great alternative to St Augustine grass. Which would you suggest for a mostly shady area frog fruit or perennial peanut?
Creeping sage is really good for heavy shade. I’ve tried frog fruit in really heavy shade and it didn’t flourish.
@@WildFloridian does it thrive in south Florida zone 10b
What do you use to trim it?
Okay so I got a small pallet of Florida sedum Rupstre. Will that work and spread?
I’m wondering how your frog fruit ground cover is doing.
We are in the process of turning our back yard into a habitat. I am sold on putting frog fruit in some areas. Having trouble finding seed and the only plants I find online are kind of expensive. We live on the coast of North Carolina in Wilmington. Any suggestions ??
How long has it taken you to get all these lovely pollinators at your yard?
For me, once I introduced native wildflowers... I saw 10x in population and variety in about 2 to 3 months. Butterflies... over the course of the year, 4x. To attract specific butterflies it has varied... I had host plants for white peacock and it took about 4 months before I saw them.... 6 month for black swallowtails. So specific types will take time based on their local population. The winter will take longer... but in the warm months, give it two months at least before you'll notice a significant difference. 😄
@@WildFloridian Thank you so much. We're installing half native plants in our front yard as well as six trees. So exciting! I can't wait to see what the beautyberries bring 😄
Looking forward to see how this works in area walked on a lot! & If it doesn’t what would?
How long did it take your frog fruit to grow over the area by the walk to the raised garden? We’re thinking of planting in 30 days (killing lawn first), but I don’t want to stress it in the winter if it’s not established. Thanks
I planted that frogfruit in late January early February. I was a slow poke through march. It was April or May when it started to take off. It is a combo of the roots touching dirt and the temperature. I think you would be good to go depending on how north you live.
@@WildFloridian I’m a little south of you in Lakewood Ranch, near Bradenton. Thank you!
My method is to use cardboard with plant pots on top as a divider between the frogfruit and grass. This divider smothers and kills most of the grass and stops grass/weeds from spreading. As the frogfruit continues to spread, I move back the divider and pull any remnants of live grass/weeds.
I have also used paper grocery bags when I don't have enough cardboard, which works pretty well too but breaks down faster.
I am considering ground cover in my front yard where grass will not grow. How do i keep it out of my neighbors yard?. There is no ground seperation he has grass.
Also are there ground covers that help with mosquitoes and other pests?
What are your thoughts on kurapia?
Hi I have layered a side yard with cardboard and about 8 inches of mulch. Nutsedge is popping up all over. Any suggestions on how to control this bugger weed?
Do you have problems with nematodes in Florida? So far I’ve read that tilling chopped french marigold into soil will kill them.
This is only available at Florida friendly nurseries I’m in Tampa any suggestions
I got mine from Wilcox in Largo 😄 Definitely worth a visit. Also you may want to check Little Red Wagons website and see if they are carrying any.
Where can I buy frog fruit? I'm in spring hill Florida
I did some quick googling and didn't see any places. You may want to check out the FANN website. Also, keep your eyes open. It is all around.
in the front we are doing astroturf between beds and creeping jenny and mazus
Unrelated but I bought some firebush after watching your videos! Sadly, they're totally infested with aphids and one of them has dark blue berries/fruit that looks like blueberries?? Have you ever heard of this? I tried everything for the aphids so I just completely cut them back and am hoping they come back healthier this time. But the blueberry thing seems so odd to me and I can't find info on it anywhere haha.
That’s doesn’t sound like a firebush
@@USA1492 It is though... I got them from a very reputable Florida native only nursery. I have a photo of the berry and everything. It's wild. Maybe it like mutated from infestation? Lol I have no clue.
What are the plants at 0:30 and 0:41 ?
The coral flowered plant is Cleodendrum Glorybower and the orange are cosmos
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I see those Mexican Petunias in your yard lol. I love them, but they are invasive.
Sounds like somebody is asking you, "Where's the bird feeder?"
Do you have an update?
Yes! Look for a video this July I’ll be showing you what the backyard looks like!
@@WildFloridian sooooo the landscaper JUST cut down my FF 😑 I was about to get cuttings.
I'm still Thinking on 100% no grass but don't know if this is my FOREVER home.Even though I purchased the house 17 years ago.IF I came into any money I'm GONE! I like my neighborhood but its to close to people for me now.I long for more distance. My yard is about 80 to 90 % mulch so if I sold it may appeal to SOME people .Hmm I don't think they would care for the ENTIRE yard being mulched or turned into a Forrest. Lol
That is a pickle! If you think you'll realistically be there 5 years... maybe. Less than that, I wouldn't. But I love that you have the dream! 😄
@@WildFloridian Thank you 😊
I'll stick with my bermuda. I pull that stuff every week it keeps coming back and attracts bees/wasps if you allow it to mature
But I like bees and wasps... 🐝
What’s grass? -every vegas resident
LOL!!! You ain't lying!
Please put in a little patch of perennial peanut, you won't believe it.
Appreciate you! As pretty as perennial peanut is... I'm going to stick to native plants. 🥰
It's true that it's native to South America, but I believe it has been here for 100 years. Any way to each there own. I enjoy your channel keep up the great work.