Rewilding My Lot

Last year I planted one Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) near the patio, and have used pieces of that master plant to fill other areas in the front and back gardens.

Here are some examples:

There’s a Frogfruit strip along the back of the house. It’s a bit straggly in this photo because I recently yanked out several strands to keep it in its space.

I’ve got some Frogfruit mixed in with the Thunder Turf on the north side of the back yard near the fence so that at least something will grow if that location gets too shady for the grass.

In the front, the corner where our water meter is has filled in nicely. There’s always a lot of bee and butterfly activity there. Considering what this corner looked like a year ago, this is great progress.

There is some Frogfruit growth in the “hell strip” between the sidewalk and the street. Over time I think that should fill in as well.

I even have a couple of pieces of Frogfuit next to the front wildflower meadow. I don’t actually remember planting it there, but I must have done at some point.

I have more than enough Frogfruit now, and other plans for the original area, so I’ve removed it from that location (see first photo in this post). I was fairly thorough in removing as many roots as I could, but it’s still likely that some remnant strands will pop up. Using the same approach that I did for the pathways in the back garden, I’ll cover the area with cardboard and woodchip.