Verbena 'Homestead' is a nice ground cover and will be partially evergreen and
flower spring through fall if you do some minimal pruning to keep it in check.

Personally, I have a long strip of Gaura lindheimerii in the strip. It blooms
like crazy, then I deadhead the whole thing, in two weeks it's back blooming
again, and again all summer till frost, and in mild winters, stays there and
blooms.

You can also do yed yucca, but it's not small, it gets rather large, but never
needs anything.

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 03:53:03 GMT, Steve Ravet opined:

I'm looking for a groundcover for the grassy (weedy) strip between the
street and sidewalk. I want to fill the whole thing, 4 ft x 50 ft.
It's in the sun all day, and doesn't get any water besides the rain.
Asian Jasmine is nearly perfect: It's evergreen, fills in well, doesn't
need much edging, and doesn't need watering. It's downsides are that it
grows a little too high, resulting in a vertical brown edge where it's
trimmed, and you see it everywhere. I'd like something not so common,
and some blooming color would be nice. I've seen recommendations for
these:

Vinca Major
Frog Fruit
Snake Herb

Can someone comment on their habit as compared to asian jasmine, or
suggest something else with similar qualities?

thanks,
--steve