Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa
Full description
The fruit of Blackthorn are sloes which can be used to make sloe gin.
Blackthorn can be grown as part of a hedge or left to form a small tree.
It is the food plant of various moths and used by birds to nest in. It is also the caterpillar food plant of the Black Hairstreak, Black-Veined White, and Brown Hairstreak butterflies and the latter lays its eggs on the Blackthorn shoots - so please only trim one side of the hedge each year. The eggs are white and the size of a pinhead.
Bare-root plants 40-60cm.
PLEASE NOTE: Minimum order for Hedgerow Plants is 30 plants. (This could be 10 each of 3 different species.) If ordering in addition to a Hedgerow Collection, then any number can be ordered.