These plants stay almost as short as a lawn but are often more mounded and natural looking. Many offer colorful, seasonal blooms and a neat, tidy look without frequent mowing. An asterisk (*) indicates those that take some foot traffic.
| Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Baby winter-creeper | Euonymus fortunei ‘Minima’ |
| Barren strawberry | Waldsteinia fragarioides |
| Carpet-bugle | Ajuga reptans |
| Chamomile | Chamaemelum nobile* |
| Cinquefoil | Potentilla* |
| Corsican mint | Mentha requienii* |
| Cranesbill | Erodium reichardii* |
| Creeping thyme | Thymus serpyllum |
| Creeping Charlie | Lysimachia nummularia |
| Irish and Scotch moss | Sagina subulata* |
| Lippia | Phyla nodiflora* |
| Mazus | Mazus reptans* |
| New Zealand brass buttons | Cotula squalida |
| Spotted deadnettle | Lamium maculatum |
| Stonecrop | Sedum |
| Sunrose | Helianthemum nummularium |
| Verbena | Verbena |