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The Best Lawn Alternative for California

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The Best Lawn Alternative for California
Thank you for joining us to look at the best lawn alternative for California! Lear about our Frog Fruit ground cover lawn alternative and its benefits such as drought tolerance saving up to 60% on lawn watering, self-healing capabilities, low-maintenance and how it compares with traditional fescue sod and bermuda grass sod.

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Frog Fruit Ground Cover 2022

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Frog Fruit Ground Cover 2022
Join us at Sod and Seed, Inc. for a closer look at Frog Fruit ground cover, also named Turkey Tangle, Turkey Tangle Frogfruit, Lippia and Phyla nodiflora. We discuss traits, benefits, and important things to know about this amazing native plant!

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What is Phyla Nodiflora

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What is Phyla Nodiflora

What is a Phyla Nodiflora lawn Phyla Nodiflora lawns are areas that are covered with the Phyla Nodiflora or common lippia plant. Common lippia or Phyla Nodiflora was a popular lawn alterantive in the past when grass seed was limited over 100 years ago. Phyla Nodiflora lawns are created from plugs and are best installed during the warm season to promote fast growth. Pictured above is a public walkway in Berkeley California   What is a Frog Fruit Lawn Frog fruit is a nickname for the plant Phyla Nodiflora, along with Texas frog fruit and turkey tangler. Due to Phyla...

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Frog Fruit As A Lawn Alternative

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Frog Fruit As A Lawn Alternative

Frog Fruit Lawn Phyla Nodiflora commonly known as frog fruit in recent years has come back in popularity. Lippia ground cover plants such as frog fruit do exceedingly well in direct sun and hot climates due to the plant Phyla Nodifloras bermudagrass like structure and deep roots. Half the water of traditional grass lawn with no regular mowing needed. Below is  Picture of a frog fruit plug spreading to make a lawn. Never Mow Lawn Phyla Nodiflora Yes you heard that correct. save the cost of water and the cost of mowing with Phyla Nodiflora frog fruit. Lippia ground covers...

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Lippia The Drought Resistant Ground Cover

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Lippia The Drought Resistant Ground Cover

Lippia Ground Cover Lippia ground cover has been popular many times in the past. Lippia ground cover now known as frog fruit, turkey tangler, or its scientific name Phlya Nodiflora is a perennial ground cover that provides superior drought resistance when compared to grass lawns. Originally Phyla Nodiflora or lippia ground cover was most popular around 1925 when grass was still new to America as a lawn. After the war and major building after the war the market was driven towards a easier option which is what we find in most homes today, sod. California Native Lippia Ground Cover California...

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