Phyla, Frog Fruit, Sawtooth Fogfruit, Turkey Tangle 'Alba'

Perfect for butterflies, but .....
We planted these plants in our butterfly garden because it's a good source for bees, hairstreak...Read More butterflies, white peacock butterflies, Phaon crescent, and Common buckeye.

I've also seen tiny little damselflies on their pretty little flowers. Hooray!

Here's what's not so great about the flowers... they attract flies, too. Flies LOVE the Frog Fruit flowers. There's always a group of smallish flies buzzing around the flowers, and on the flowers, eating.

I know flies are all part of the ecosystem chain, but I'm not keen on being their over-hospitable food host! We've moved the Frog Fruit plants to a different area, in a nod to all the goodness it provides for butterflies and bees.

It grows really well in South Florida, very hardy, spreads easily but we've abandoned our idea of covering an entire area with Frog Fruit.

*** UPDATE **** I'm not sure after all that it's flies we're seeing on the flowers. Recently we were shown what looks like a fly, but is actually a tiny little black bee. It's possible that is what is visiting these flowers. In any event, we have let the frog fruit spread in an area of the garden where it is an excellent food source for a variety of moths, butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies.

This plant is ubiquitous to many sandy lawns in South Florida. It is considered a weed by some. Sometimes the plant is covered in little ...Read Morematcheads, and a large patch can be a striking scene of white and purple hovering over the low green foilage.

This is a host plant for the Buckeye butterfly. It deserves a space in your butterfly garden.

The leaves of this groundcover will form a dense mat unless grown in shade. It loves full sun and can even tolerate sandy, clay and limey...Read More soils. This plant can make an okay lawn substitute. The reason why I am rating this plant neutral is because of it's abitlity to get quite straggly in time. pokerboy.