inbetween paving plants ?

Hi, I have recently finished a little patio area which at the moment I have furnished with med' type plants in pots. I thought it might look nice to have some sort of low growing plant growing in between the pavers but am not sure what would be suitable ? Is there something nice that can be grown from directly from seed that might last a few years that you know of ? Also in areas I have finished with gravel I have a couple of thyme plants which are nice. Any ideas ?
gazania

 

Pratia Pedunculata (sp?)

Little blue flowers for a long time and keeps low.

 

Not being a flowerchild! The only one I can think of is Camomile.

Cheers, Tony.

 

anagallis arvensis, small scarlet flowers.

 

Corsican Mint. Smells fantastic and shrugs off size 12 abuse quite happily.

 

Nice suggestions. Perhaps something like the corsican mint would suit ? The plant is for the joins inbetween the pavers and so the plant needs to be very low growing and tough. The corsican mint I believe is quite difficult to grow from seed though. And basically, I just want to brush seed into the joins and see what happens.
I've tried chamomile in the garden before and it grew quite tall. I always thought it grew like a carpet that could be walked on ? Unless there are different types of chamomile?
Pratia Pedunculata - yes it's spelled correctly as I used it for googling. Nice plant and nice flowers, definitely useful in a rock/gravel garden.
anagallis arvensis - another useful plant for rock and gravel.
I have a type of oxalis growing all over the place that is growing in small cracks. It has a brown leaf and a yellow flower but it looks as if it could be very invasive ?
gazania

 

It's Chamaemelum nobile 'Treneague' you want Gazania. Non-flowering and low-growing. Another plant is Erigeron Karvinskianus or Mexican fleabane. It's daisy-like and grows happily in sunny cracks with very little soil.

 

Thanks Chris. non-flowering means no seeds I guess, so buying plants is the only way to go. That looks like the chamomile I am more used to.
The fleabean looks interesting with nice daisy like flowers.
gazania

 

here are a few suggestions:

http://www.stepables.com/scripts/prodlist-plants.asp?palntingCatId=5&idLookUp=4

 

Wow, some brill' ideas there *dim*, cheers.
gazania

 

Erigeron Karvinskianus!

Never, never put this in your garden. I'm still trying to get rid of it. It overwhelms every other plant in its vicinity.

The King of all Thugs.

 

I could name a few worse "thugs". At least this is a pretty one!

 

I used to have a sort of patio area outside my er, patio doors until a few years ago. It was about 4 slabs by two with gravel between which i absolutely filled with small alpines. There's a few mentioned about too. I'll try and see if i still have a pic.

 

Whatever you choose, check the root system. You don't want large tap roots lifting the paviers.