The side and back gardens are starting to liven up. From the top: imperial fritillary, blue speedwell and Greek windflower. Edit: also I forgot to mention grape hyacinth.
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Speeders
Watercolor on Black Paper
2022, 9"x 12"
Speedwell, Veronica
Private Collection
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Spring flowers (2) (3) by EVGEN SLAVIN
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Spring has sprung! :D
I love these cute little flowers, I've recently learned they're called speedwells.
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Veronica persica (Persian speedwell)
Speedwell is commonly thought of as an invasive plant that came to North America from somewhere in Eurasia. North America is a very different place than it was five hundred years ago. Walk a mile in any direction and you’ll see dozens of introduced plant species. By some estimates, seventy percent are garden escapees. Most of the others are agricultural crops or plants deliberately introduced for their medicinal value, like the dandelion. Veronica persica has tiny flowers (1 cm) and very small seeds. I have a feeling that Persian speedwell probably arrived, by accident, on somebody’s muddy boots.
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Speeders
Watercolor on Black Paper
2023, 9"x 12"
Speedwell, Veronica
Private Collection
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It is finally Speedwell Day!
(The first day I see the beautiful blue spring speedwell flower!)
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