Please suggest what to plant.

[jessicawessica]

I need a very low ground cover plant. Something that will spread across the ground quickly, be dense but won't grow taller than 6 inches.
Any ideas?

Have a look at Stachys Byzantine (lambs ears) lovely silvery evergreen foliage, spreads relatively quickly, drought tolerant but needs sun. Geranium Rozanne can cover a good area but dies back in winter.

I think vinca minor can look a bit scruffy when not in flower and is a bugger for spreading - it spreads by layers, forming roots wherever the shoots touch the ground.

What are you trying to cover and what kind of environment? And what kind of look? I think mixes of plants make a more natural look

I quite like soleirolia, ferns and campanula in a damp cool area.

If sunny, creeping thymes, beach asters, ice plants and sempervivums are nice.

I have a sedum spurium that is especially vigorous and will grow everywhere and anywhere in any light.

I wouldn't use vinca because I hate it. Once its in it's impossible to get out, gets everywhere, looks scruffy and crowds out anything nicer. Ivy is even worse. Sucks all the goodness out of the ground and damages what it climbs.

There are some varieties of St Johns Wort forming a tough but evergreen groundcover. Alternatively, comfrey, but it will die down in winter but return in spring.

I'm trying to cover a patio area space. ATM it has scrubby lumps of dead grass on a very hard, shallow soil so really hard to dig down more than 4 inches. I thought it might be easier and cheaper to plant something that spreads and might actually be strong enough to walk on, but not grass ITMAS.

In that case, does it need to be plants that cover the ground? How about stepping stones or a path with gravel/slates/bark ground cover and nice plants dotted around? That would be pretty instant?

Have and love creeping Jenny!