Hmmm.... I tried it and didn’t like it. It’s very invasive and it doesn’t look good most of the time. As much as I dislike Bermuda grass, I think it is still better option than frogfruit. However, with that said, if you still want to do it, I would put a bunch of cuttings in water in spring and plant them among the Bermuda.

Omar

I thought of Horseherb as a better alternative than frog fruit, but it's mostly for shade. However, like Omar I think overall grass is a better option. If you live in the southern half of Texas you might investigate plugging in Floratam St Augustine like we did several years ago. It takes full sun and is as drought tolerant as Burmuda grass. A couple of years ago a sudden two day freeze knocked it back, but it recovered. About Floratam on Plant Answers ...

That being said Frogfruit is indeed used as a lawn. It grows in full sun in the fields near my house where it holds its own with lots of other 'weedy' plants, grasses, and a few wild flowers that manage to survive the city mowers, but out there is looks pretty scraggly most of the time. It surely would look better with irrigation. Maybe give it a try and let us know how it does for you.

I tried it with irrigation. It lasted looking good a little bit longer than in the wild but it ended up looking leggy and scraggly anyways. IMO its growth is seasonal. It likes reasonably cooler temps so it looks good in mid spring and fall.

Omar

I'm in a new subdivision (in central TX), where the developer ripped out all of the original trees, so we have full sun *everything*. :-/ I also have compacted, heavy, black clay soil, and Frogfruit seems to like it. The Bermuda struggles constantly and looks awful all the time.

Dang. Well, shoot. I thought maybe Frogfruit would be a good native alternative to the grass.

I *am* open to suggestions, though, if any of y'all have any. I'd like something that can tolerate a bit of foot traffic (I have kids and a giant dog), and is (preferably) a mostly- or totally-evergreen carpet.

I might still try the Frogfruit, especially since it's not going to cost me anything except time to go pull it out of the ground.

Thanks so much. <3

Edited to add: I'm thinking on that Floratam St. Augustine.... Hmmm....

Floratam St. Augustine is sold by the pallet. I bought a couple of pallets in the spring. We chopped them up into 3 or 4 inch plugs. My husband went around with the pick ax and made little chops about 16/18 in. apart in the old mixed Raleigh St. Augustine/Burmuda lawn. I plopped in the plugs and watered them every couple of days until they took hold.. Floratam is very vigorous and by summer's end it had completely taken over.