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What is a good ground covering or foliage to cover up bare spots in my flower garden?

I am going to begin planting a flower garden tomorrow and it will consist of carpet of snow around the borders (then rocks as a barrier to keep the flowers from spilling into the yard) behind the carpet of snow will be poppies, zinnia and cosmos, maybe another couple of types of flowers. But what kind of foliage or green "filler" can I use to cover spots where flowers haven't grown, that isn't too high? I don't want it to hurt the flowers or be taller than them

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1. If you are looking for a good ground covering, such as a mulch that looks good in bare areas around flowers, I use pea straw. My climate requires mulch as its dry, but I find it fills the gaps nicely. I was looking into earlier myself and found this site, it has some basic information. http://www.peastraw.com.au/ hope it helps.