Hello!

[Viv]

I’m in South Carolina 29928. I need to fill the front area of the house and i don’t want more lawn. looking at alternatives. If anyone knows what this ground cover and hedge is - attached - i’d be grateful if you’d let me know and open to other alternative lawn ideas. i’ll try some creeping thyme in the sunny spot. Thanks

 

[Tetters]

Hello Viv, welcome to the forum. What a lovely space you have - most impressive. I think your hedge is Lonicera nitida - a very worthy plant indeed for shaping, as we can all see. Our village sports many hedges of the same plant. It might be an idea to cover the remaining 'lawn' area with a variety of sedums. They would cover rather well, give some colour, and be relatively easy to care for.
I can't see the other shrubs in your picture, but I think I would probably fill that area with lavenders. It would be a super opportunity for the bees.

 

[Viv]

Thank you!

 

[Tetters]

Please keep us up to date, I'd love to see what you achieve with this project

 

[zigs]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Welcome to the forum.
Difficult to see what the hedge is, Tetters could well be right. Lonicera is the general name for honeysuckles, there are hundreds of them of all sorts of habit, but the general characteristic is that they have leaves in opposed pairs along the stem, which makes them easy to identify.
Lavender is a great idea, you want something on that slope to stop erosion. It is another one with different types, I think nearly fifty different species and lots of different cultivars, so pick and choose a bit, there. Same thing with the thyme, over 300 species and lots of cultivars with different colour flowers and foliage, and different scents. It's worth spending a bit of time on research.
We are very fond of salvias in our patch, there are thousands of them The world is your oyster.
As Tetters says, a lovely location, and do stay in touch and let us know your ideas and how they develop.