#Blackthorn blossom

Blackthorn is one of the earliest trees to produce blossom, flowering in woods and hedgerows with clouds of snow-white petals in March and April. These delicate white flowers, once pollinated, turn into blue-black fruits later in the year – sloes – that are used to make wine, preserves and sloe gin.

Photograph: John Bridges

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