Native Plants
to grow NOW
Low-growing, low-
maintenance substitute
for turf
Host plant for three
butterflies
Supports pollinators
Turkey-tangle Fogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
Turkey-tangle Fogfruit goes by a
lot of common names, including
Creeping Charlie, Matchweed,
and, no surprise, “Frogfruit” instead
of Fogfruit. In the right conditions—
average to moist sandy
soils and full sun to partial
shade—it will form dense mats of
green foliage, evergreen where
there is no hard frost. The small
purple and white flowers are
abundant in spring through summer
and very attractive to pollinators.
Fogfruit is a host plant for
three butterflies: Common Buckeye,
Phaon Crescent and White
Peacock. It can be string-trimmed,
if you must, but that removes the
pollinator and host plant value.
Do not attempt to mix Fogfruit
with other plants. It prefers to
form its own monoculture.
Turkey-tangle fogfruit, planted one
foot on centers to fill in quickly. This
is the modern Florida front yard:
not turf, all or mostly native plants.
Designed by FANN member Nicole
Jones, Hort and Soul Landscape
Design. Photo by by Nicole Jones
Butterflies, from left: Common Buckeye
butterfly; Phaon Crescent; White
Peacock butterfly.
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