Phyla fruticosa

Silky Leaf Frog Fruit creates a low moderately dense groundcover of rhomboid, deep green foliage that is topped by dense rounded clusters of tiny creamy white flowers throughout the growing season. It may flower year round in frost/freeze free areas. This plant appears to be a delicacy for smaller butterflies and is a host plant to the Phaon Crescent. Silky Leaf Frog Fruit is moderately drought resistant once well-established but may look and flower best where it receives regular moisture. Use it as a groundcover beneath larger growing plants where it receives ample sunlight, as a mass planting, or allow it to spill from containers and over walls. An easy and sometimes vigorous groundcover or container plant that remains evergreen in mild winter climates. Silky Leaf Frog Fruit is adaptable to soil types including clay, sand, as well as coastal plantings. This species is not considered native to the continental US but has been introduced in Texas, Louisiana, and is reported from one county in Florida. Please plant and dispose of plant parts responsibly.