This Garden Designer's 'Creeping' Lawn Alternative Is Her Secret to Making Hard Landscaping Feel Softer and "Blurring Thresholds"

A garden patio with mind your business and ferns and a bright red garden bench.

When I'm asked what the small, creeping mat of plants I have filling the gaps in the hardscaping in my own courtyard garden is called, I'll always answer: Mind your own business.

But, that's not me gatekeeping — it's because Soleirolia soleirolii (found here at The Palm Centre) is otherwise known as Mind-Your-Own-Business, a creeping evergreen perennial with small leaves that's an aesthetically pleasing walkable groundcover that landscape designers love, but not just for its good looks.