Northeast Gardening: plants that I can plant between stepping stones??, 1 by Seandor

Seandor wrote:
Whatever you do, do not plant bent grass! This was DH's idea - thought that bent grass was naturally short - didn't realize it would still have to be mowed (or weedwhacked). This just turns into an ugly mess. This year, DH decided to reseed part of the path - of course within two days it poured rain - now I have grass all through the gardens from seeds that washed away in the downpour.

But this spring, I tore out the bent grass in front of our arbour gateway. I planted thyme (told DH it looked very "English" - he's a true anglophile). Anyway, he is now convinced that thyme is the way to go - so next spring I will tear out all the rest of the bent grass - about 35 feet of pathway - and reseed with thyme (and I will plant thyme plants along the edge of the pathway to help prevent grass from invading again.

If you enlarge the picture, you can see that the thyme in front of the arbour looks much more attractive then the bent grass in the pathway on the other side of the gate.