That's gorgeous, vroomp. I'll have to try some.
I like blue star creeper and I like myosotis. My absolute favorite is asarum, but you have to be prepared to wait a long time for it to cover much ground. I also like sweet woodruff and thalictrum kusianum. I must admit the thalictrum is such a slow grower for me that I'm about to call it an accent plant. In the spring, I love phlox divaricata, but think it's only so-so when it's not in bloom.

That looks really great! I'm going to have to try it along the driveway area next year. I really need a colorful groundcover in that area.

I love oreganoes. I have MANY different types, and I also love creeping thymes. They are the main groundcovers I use in sunny areas although I'm using more and more of the sedums you gave to me at plant trades.

I am just beginning to experiment with shady groundcovers.

Pratia is another favorite groundcover, however, it does not like to get overly wet. I have a small patch that is in a slight dip in the garden. Water sits there, just for a short time but that area died out during the last rains.

A special thank-you to Vroomp for the favor he did last week. I really appreciate it!!!

GGG

That is a really cool groundcover and ingenious alternate use of a houseplant.

Since nobody is jumping in with fabulous ground cover ideas I'll just give you my 2 favorite garden-variety groundcovers - variegated creeping charlie (lysimachia nummularia, gold and lime-green with yellow flowers) and variegated vinca major (green and cream). These both do well in shady areas but after a year / two years have not grown obnoxious.

Rose

I am relatively new to ground covers but I have been so pleased with the creeping thyme someone gave me at last year's Spring swap. Those two tiny pots of that stuff have spread to probably a 4 square foot area and it's thick, lush and required no watering even during this drought. Creeping Phlox is still a tried and true favorite of mine as well. And though I didn't intend it, Black Eyed Susan may as well be a ground cover. I can't believe all the seedlings that sprung up in my terraces and paths from my Goldsturm mother plants. They're everywhere!!

Can Wandering Jew overwinter outside here or do you have to replant it every year?

Squirrellypete

Creeping Jenny is my favorite. I was lucky to get a 18 plant flat of it from Home Depot Landscape for $9 one year, I haven't seen it offered like that again. I have a lot of flagstone in my yard, put in about 2 years ago, and that is the only thing that has grown in between them.I have tried transplating some of it, but it's hard. It has spread and hopefully will keep at it.

I'm down here in the Savannah area and need to plant some ground cover in an area that grass just doesn't grow. Exposure is north and east so morning sun. It also has to spring back when trod on (or laid on by my dog). Suggestions?

cindylabs, if grass doesn't grow, you have several choices. If even weeds don't grow - in other words if nothing grows there - I don't know of anything except liriope, and it doesn't spring back. Assuming weeds grow there, you can try vinca minor or major - depending on the height and effect you want. However, you need some kind of barrier (I have a sidewalk) to stop its spread into areas where you don't want it. If the area has decent moisture, blue star creeper works. Strawberry begonia is a quick ground cover and you get a cloud of flowers in spring.

my choice is this http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=B539

My all-time favorite is ajuga reptans, aka bugleweed. It growns in shade as well as sun. There is a bronze leaf variety but I love the green leaves with the blue flowers. It spreads well without being invasive. The only problem I have ever had is crown rot if it gets too thick. That is easily remedied by an occasional thinning. Then, of course, you have plants to share or you can expand.

My favorites are not really spreading plants but low plants such as candytuft, catmint, dianthus, verbena and phlox. I don't really care for groundcovers too much anyway becuase of snakes.
I prefer to be able to see some mulch here and there.

We saw mazus down at the atl Botantical Gardens, and it really caught my wife's eye. We planning on finding or ordering some this fall. Have any of you had experience with it?

Mazus does extremely well here, maybe too good in fact. I find myself having to remove it from other places it wanders into. It spreads quickly and thickens to a soft mat which doesn't mind being stepped upon. It does need a bit of water to remain in good shape though.

Well, you know I like native plants so my favorites are partridge berry (Mitchella repens, adorably petite dark green glossy leaves with white flowers and red berries) and green and gold (Chrysogonum virginianum, fuzzy green leaves with bright yellow flowers).

Bumblebeez, my snakes actually prefer the mulch lol. Those big King Snakes scare the hell outa' me (and vice versa) when I come across them warming themselves on the mulch. Problem is I never see em' til' it's too late and they just about give me a heart attack when they bolt. Give me some creeping thyme anyday -- least they can't blend in with that lol.

Squirrellypete