Germander Speedwell

It was unusual having no-one in the lodge at this time of year but we took advantage of this and got a bit of maintenance done.

I was weeding the flowerbed and noticed Veronica there! I should remove it because, as a plant it is an obvious weed, but to someone who appreciates nature, and particularly flowers, it is so beautiful.

I am particularly fond of this plant because, as a 19 year-old I got my first job. It was in a school science lab and I had to make posters for the walls, all neatly drawn and labelled. They were big, they had to be stored in a map chest. One I was particularly proud of was one of a cross-section through a germander speedwell, probably copied from the Mackean Biology text book, the green one with the skeleton and the venous or nervous system on the cover.