If you prepare the soil well, plant in staggered rows, mulch, and water, these plants will fill in quickly. They are ideal for large areas and mass effect. Those marked with an asterisk (*) will take over, given their ideal conditions, and may need to be controlled.
| Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Aaron’s-beard | Hypericum calycinum* |
| Cotoneaster | Cotoneaster |
| Coyotebrush | Baccharis pilularis |
| Creeping charlie | Lysimachia nummularia |
| Crown vetch | Coronilla varia |
| Dwarf periwinkle | Vinca minor |
| Forsythia, improved cultivars | Forsythia |
| Honeysuckle | Lonicera* |
| Japanese spurge | Pachysandra terminalis |
| Juniper | Juniperus |
| Knotweed | Polygonum* |
| Prostrate myoporum | Myoporum parvifolium ‘Prostratum’ |
| Rose | Rosa |
| Stonecrop | Sedum |
| Wild lilac | Ceanothus |
| Wintercreeper | Euonymus fortunei* |