Silver Ponyfoot

Dichondra argentea

Hills guide picknative · Central Texas

Silver Ponyfoot is a groundcover native to Central Texas that grows 2–4 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms white in May–Aug. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.

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From our guide

Village of the Hills

Trailing groundcover of small silver-gray fan-shaped leaves on long runners.

Why it works here

Striking silver texture spilling over stone or a wall, on almost no water.

Watch out

Rots with overhead irrigation or poor drainage. Not for foot traffic.

The facts

6 sources

Type: Groundcover
Sun: Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
Water: Low
Height: 2–4 ft
Spread: 2.5 ft
Bloom: May–Aug · white
Foliage: Semi-evergreen
Soil: Recorded on dry, well drained
Deer: High — deer rarely browse it. Rarely browsed
Wildlife: Supports birds

Size, sun, water and foliage from the Village of the Hills guide; the rest resolved across sources.

Where it grows

No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:

Chihuahuan Desert

174 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.