Sally reminds us that you can only feel confident that Spring has arrived when the Blackthorn is in flower. In genuine countryside Blackthorn marks the divide. All those blossoms and bulbs that decorate suburbia seem to have been designed to pinch a bit out of winter to get you to think Spring is here before it should be. Anything that persuades you to leave off your woolly hat should be treated with suspicion.
But Blackthorn is honest and, pretty as it is, not to be messed with. It has the straightest thorns in the English hedgerow.
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