The best garden paths are beautiful and inviting, drawing you or your guests away from the house into nature. Once you’ve created the right type of Garden Path for your outdoor space, you’ll need the perfect plants to beautify its borders. Find out how to choose plants for garden paths.  

Depending on where your garden path is situated, people may step off it to enjoy nature up close— or the path itself may have gaps that need a little greenery.  

If you expect more foot traffic along your path, try plants like creeping thyme, miniature thyme, or rupturewort (Herniaria glabra). These lovely ground cover plants work well between flagstones and in stone cracks, and they can all handle full sun. Many of them yield tiny flowers, making the pathway even more inviting.