Blackthorn Blossom

The five snow-white petals of the blackthorn blossom, with a tiny splash of green and a circle of yellow tipped stamens, are the first blossom to be seen in the orchard. Well technically not in the orchard but on the boundary. A sure sign that Spring is here as we enter "Daylight Saving", the clocks "sprung" forward in the early hours of the morning and we now have the long light evenings to look forward to.

Blackthorn blossom is very similar to hawthorn, but the hawthorn blossoms after the leaves appear while the blackthorn blossoms before the leaves.