The plants listed here tend to grow flat along the ground rather than erect. They cascade over any edge that they encounter or grow gracefully downhill.
| Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Bellflower | Campanula |
| Cotoneaster, low growing | Cotoneaster |
| Creeping manzanita | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
| Dusty miller | Artemisia |
| Dwarf periwinkle | Vinca minor |
| Dwarf rosemary | Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’ |
| Ivy | Hedera |
| Juniper, low growing | Juniperus |
| Peruvian verbena | Verbena peruviana |
| Snow-in-summer | Cerastium tomentosum |
| Star jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides |
| Wintercreeper, several varieties | Euonymus fortunei |