Thanks and I guess the owner of the website discontinued access to the link. Ginny, thanks and yes, I know about the light issue. This basket is on my mom's gravesite and I mixed salvia with impatiens in a coir container - it's really pretty. It gets about 50/50 sun/shade, so impatiens can survive there and I think Vinca might be able to as well. Actually, as of yesterday, the impatiens were ok (vs the ones we lost to deer about 10 miles away). But deer hang out in the cemetary eating the plants (how rude!), so we'll see if the impatiens survive. Maybe they will spare us :) We're ready to replace them with vinca or something else if they munch on them. I think the salvia should be ok.

Hello, This is a weed that is growing everywhere in my yard. It is some kind of groundcover with tiny purple flowers that open during the day and close at night. It does not really have leaves, just little green spikes along the stem that are not hard, they are very soft. It is actually very pretty during the day with all its purple flowers and is very soft under your feet. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Image link:

Thanks for the replies lazy, mammie, and rox. I think it might be a Veronica of some sort after googling the other plants. I'm still not 100% sure on that though. Here is a up close leaf shot if it helps to confirm it is in fact a sort of Veronica plant.

Looks like Veronica spicata/spike veronica. I have one growing at the southeast corner of my house in full sun. It's very well-behaved--remains the same size clump each year but comes up and blooms reliably, seems impervious to either wet or drought conditions. Here is a link that might be useful: