Monday, 18 March 2013

Blackthorn Again

Blackthorn flowering in a hedge on Bourne Way, Hayes. 16 March 2013.
Blackthorn flowering in a hedge on Bourne Way, Hayes.  16 March 2013.
I have been spending most of my recent computer time on the Orpington Field Club website.  But meanwhile, even though this flower has been on my blog before, it's such a great sign of spring that I can't resist it.

You can tell from the house behind that this is a garden hedge, and behind me is the main road.  I do like countryside hedges in suburbia.
Posted by Bill Welch at 05:00
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  1. teegee18 March 2013 at 10:14

    Ah, prunus spinosa. Exquisite. Our New World stand-in seems to be a different genus and species, and a hawthorne, and I think different, though also spiny and a harbinger of Spring. I am glad that you've been at that website of the Orpington and not down with a dreadful cold.

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  2. Bill Welch18 March 2013 at 10:23

    I have added a link to the post.

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