I live in a neighborhood with an HOA, so I can’t have a bunch of lovely tall plants in my no-lawn, but I’m trying to do something similar. My goal is to support biodiversity, no mowing or chemicals, and drought tolerant.

My main base layer is perennial peanut. Here’s what I’ve got intermixing with the peanut so far:
Sunshine mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa), creeping sage (Salvia misella), kiss-me-quick (Portulaca pilosa), oblongleaf twinflower (Dyschoriste oblongifolia), eastern columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis), woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata), trailing white buttonweed (Diodia virginiana), Atamasco rain lily (Zephyranthes atamasca), native yellow oxalis (Oxalis stricta), beach bean (Canavalia rosea), Elliott’s lovegrass (Eragrostis elliottii), Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora), and Carolina ponyfoot (Dichondra carolinensis).

Still tweaking and adding natives to the lawn area and prepping for a native garden up by the house where I can plant taller things in a more intentional looking way.

Would love to hear what others are using for native lawn alternatives, especially anything low-growing that’s worked well for you in hot, humid zones. Last picture is the day the peanut was planted.

by FrogfruitFae

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  1. scholars_rock

    It’s looking beautiful so far! Goals. Question about the last photo – how far apart did you plant the perennial peanuts?

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