The speedwells are well known wild flowers in Britain and throughout Europe. Most are low, spreading plants. With spikes of small flowers along the stems. Each flower, blue in most species, is short-lived, but they open in succession, so give colour over an extended period.

Veronica prostrata is a mat-forming speedwell that will provide good, low ground cover, perhaps to fill gaps in a small rock garden. It has soft, dark green foliage with lovely small pale to dark blue flowers.