What to plant next to box to fill a gap

[Handsnotwands]

Next to the path?

We have a box hedge, maybe 40cm high, then a gap of maybe 30-40 cm of bare earth (weeds) then the path

I’d like something to fill it, something frothy, low, with flowers

Does such a thing exist?

[MereDintofPandiculation]

Lots of things. Nothing that will have flowers all the year round! Try a a dense mass of cyclamen since the ground is likely to be a bit dry next to the box hedge. Depending on species flowers either autumn or spring, and pretty leaves for most of the rest of the year.

[NeverDropYourMoonCup]

Woodland flowers. They cope better with the dryness if they have a good covering of leaf mulch, but bulbs are definitely more likely to survive.

[Handsnotwands]

Oh excellent thanks both, that gives me a starting point. We have a big patch of cyclamen in the back garden under a tree. Bulbs also a good shout

[MereDintofPandiculation]

Woodland flowers typically do exciting things in the spring when there's no leaf cover, then die down later on. With an evergreen, that doesn't apply, but if it's a low hedge, they're not going to have to contend with much shade either, so I don't think you need to confine yourself to woodland plants.

You could try Vinca.

[Handsnotwands]

Thank you mere Vinca looks precisely the sort of thing I’d pictured, off to research

[wildflowersandweeds]

Erysimum is another good option. Doesn't flower year round, but pretty darn close to it; mine currently still has some flowers!