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Wildflowers and other flowering plants

Below is a non-exhaustive list of some of the many flowers and shrubs to be found growing at Magog Down. Most of these articles include lovely descriptions and history about the plants, written for us over the years by plant pathologist David Yarham. Some articles have been updated recently with new photos of the plants thriving thanks to our Rangers' careful management.

We welcome visitors' photos to help enrich our website, so if you have any you'd like to submit, do send them along to photos 'at' magogtrust.org.uk. Perhaps you've spotted a wildflower that is not yet featured here?

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Speedwell - Veronica persica

Colourful patches of Speedwell are particularly eye-catching at this time of year, while the grass is still short.

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One of the many varieties is Common Field Speedwell (Veronica persica), pictured here on a bank in the car park. It is a low, sprawling plant with clear sky blue flowers with darker veins, and the lower petal is usually paler in colour or white.

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Claire Beale, April 2019

Map of the Down

Wildflowers and other flowering plants

Speedwell - Veronica persica

See also...

Pasque Flower