Garden Pic Wednesday: Sea of Lantana

I finally started feeling better yesterday after catching a bad bug that put me under the weather last week. Today I got out to plant the little potted plant I got in the mail last week. I kept it by the window in a tray with a tiny bit of water in the kitchen till I could finally get around to it. It's a flowering plant that stays in a small mound that looks a little like an aster I bought in particular for my front bed by the mailbox I'm planting with ground covers and such. Today's Garden Pics: Sweet Basil full of blooms draping out of a container and a sea of purple Lantana! This area is adjacent to the area by the mailbox. It ed ges a parking spot we built into the yard for my car. Close-up Of Bee on the Sweet Basil: I believe this is a carpenter bee, judging by the smooth tail section. Numerous Honey Bees were out there, too. This is the garden project I was digging in today: It's just on the front side of the Lantana &...