The Living Forest (399) : Blackthorn

Description

In the forest, blackthorn shrubs unfold all their white blooms in full explosion at the moment.

The wood of blackthorn is extremely hard and is highly valued for making walking sticks.

Bottom right in my picture you can see a macro detail of the flowers.

Dutch name : Sleedoorn
German name : Schlehdorn
Latin name : Prunus spinosa