Diodia Species, Virginia Buttonweed

I was glad to see some positive comments about Buttonweed. I have a patch in my St. Augustine lawn in N. Houston and I think it’s an aw...Read Moreesome ground cover. I’m getting ready to remove nearly all the lawn in my back, going to do some xeriscaping and gravel, and I wanted to try and transplant some to use in a few areas. It’s soft to walk on, evergreen, the bugs like it, no mow/mow doesn’t matter, it’s pretty and the flowers are delicate. What’s not to like?! I hope we see a trend of embracing these plants instead of fighting nature and killing everything with chems.

It is a rather attractive but hugely invasive weed. It seems to thrive in moist invironments. Produces pinkish to white flowers, tiny flowers.

An aggressively spreading perennial. Leaves are often mottled due to a viral infection.

Hardy to USDA Z6.

N...Read Moreative to Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico, and TX and the Gulf coast north to the southern midwest and northeast, including KS, MO, IL, to PA, NJ, and CT. Naturalized and a noxious weed in CA. Has been declared threatened in Indiana and endangered in NJ and KS.

This plant seems to have all the characteristics of a successful native: it spreads quickly, pollinates itself underground as well as ab...Read Moreove, has deep roots, does well under various conditions, etc., etc. Extremely difficult to get rid of if you don't want it to go all over. I'm trying to clear some areas that will be rain gardens and having a harder time getting rid of it than of any other plant, even Liriope spicata. I've used an artist's brush to coat the leaves with undiluted brushkiller (talk about painstaking), tried cutting off the main stem and painting the tiny stump, and can't tell whether I'm making headway or not, because more seem to pop up the next day. Not a plant you want if you want it to stay in a particular area. Yikes!