Heavy doses of nitrogen fertiliser will tip the competitive balance in favour of grasses, and soon purple wood crane's bill, blood-red greater burnet, frothy white pignut and meadowsweet, yellow lady's bedstraw, globe flower and blue speedwells will vanish, leaving an "improved" pasture – more productive, more profitable, but oh-so dull. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Yellow buttercups and blue speedwells in the grass, leaves eager with fresh rain in trees above; chiffchaff and blackcap singing; she was not dead yet. ❋ Unknown (2011)
They were in bloom, and so were the speedwells, eglantines, thistles, and the sweetbriar that sprang up from the thickets. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Many speedwells still remain in fine condition, notably _Veronica longifolia; _ they are a hardy and a showy race of plants, and will grow anywhere. ❋ Various (N/A)
(Fig. 120, _H_), and speedwells (_Veronica_) have duller-colored or smaller flowers. ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)
He had let his senses sink into the sunlit greenery of the towering woods opposite; he had watched the spiders and the little shining beetles, the flycatchers, and sparrows in the ivy; touched the mosses and the lichens; looked the speedwells in the eye; dreamed of he knew not what. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)
People came forward with dainty bunches of flowers to complete her toilet, sweet wild flowers they were, delicate speedwells and forget-me-nots with their fresh green, and their innocent blue eyes; the warm scarlet pimpernel, violets, snowdrops, heather bells, and ladies 'white petticoats. ❋ Mabel Quiller-Couch (1895)
His camera obscura haunted with flashing water and speedwells and daisies and horse-gowans, he fell fast asleep, and dreamed that his father and he were defending the castle from a great company of pirates, with the old captain at the head of them. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
Remember trifluralin (while it is still available for use) is approved for pre-emergence use only and brings some additional activity against weeds including poppies, speedwells and blackgrass. ❋ Unknown (2009)
There were also celandines, daffodils, violets, primroses and a couple of speedwells. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Come along with me; pluck me some of these cowslips, and the speedwells near them; I think we both love wild-flowers. " ❋ George Meredith (1868)
