Gardening — alternative ground covers

The Best Sod for Stockton

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The Best Sod for Stockton
Join us to learn what the best sod types are for Stockton, California! Sod and Seed, Inc. takes into consideration various factors that impact your lawns health, as well as decades of experience on which sod types do best in certain areas.

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Frog Fruit As A Lawn Alternative

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Frog Fruit As A Lawn Alternative

Frog Fruit Lawn Phyla Nodiflora commonly known as frog fruit in recent years has come back in popularity. Lippia ground cover plants such as frog fruit do exceedingly well in direct sun and hot climates due to the plant Phyla Nodifloras bermudagrass like structure and deep roots. Half the water of traditional grass lawn with no regular mowing needed. Below is  Picture of a frog fruit plug spreading to make a lawn. Never Mow Lawn Phyla Nodiflora Yes you heard that correct. save the cost of water and the cost of mowing with Phyla Nodiflora frog fruit. Lippia ground covers...

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Native Mow Free Sod and Native Grassland Sod

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Native Mow Free Sod and Native Grassland Sod
Join us at Sod and Seed, Inc. as we take a quick dive into two of our most popular native grasses, the Native Mow Free sod or Native No Mow sod and the Native Grassland mix sod. Learn about their benefits and how they came to be!

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Native Lippia Ground Cover or Turkey Tangle Frog Fruit

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Native Lippia Ground Cover or Turkey Tangle Frog Fruit
Join us at Sod and Seed, Inc. as we learn about the Native Lippia Ground Cover, also named Phyla Nodiflora, Turkey Tangle Frog Fruit or Turkey Tangle Frogfruit. We cover the many benefits the Native Lippia offers such as drought tolerance, heat tolerance and excellent self-repairing properties.

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Lippia The Drought Resistant Ground Cover

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Lippia The Drought Resistant Ground Cover

Lippia Ground Cover Lippia ground cover has been popular many times in the past. Lippia ground cover now known as frog fruit, turkey tangler, or its scientific name Phlya Nodiflora is a perennial ground cover that provides superior drought resistance when compared to grass lawns. Originally Phyla Nodiflora or lippia ground cover was most popular around 1925 when grass was still new to America as a lawn. After the war and major building after the war the market was driven towards a easier option which is what we find in most homes today, sod. California Native Lippia Ground Cover California...

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