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The conservation charity is predicting a more “typical” year for the annual blossom displays, after last year’s early start, with blackthorn and cherry plum trees the first to burst into flower.
Blackthorn's spring blossom . By Stephen Colton. May 03, 2025 at 6:00am BST. A month ago, I watched a blue-tit pick at the entrance hole of a nest box, using its beak like a dentist’s scraper to ...
The lightened days of spring touch the trees’ blossom into white—or is it the other way around, the blossom lightening the spring days? Whichever. It is light on light. We are in the White Period, ...
The National Trust is urging people to take full advantage of the short spring blossom season to lift their spirits.. The fleeting spectacle, which sees trees like blackthorn, wild cherry blossom ...
Blackthorn is among the first of the plants at Houghton Mill to blossom in the spring. Enjoy picturesque views of the millpond and historic watermill framed by bursts of this white blackthorn blossom.