PRUNUS spinosa

blackthorn sloe

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PRUNUS spinosa

blackthorn sloe

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  • Maintenance advice : Pruning is often not necessary, it can be done after the flowering.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Europe, North Africa, Western Asia
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 4 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : Yes
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bushy
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Cream white
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Country hedge
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Very hardy, fast-growing and native shrub that spreads thanks to its suckers. It has dense and thorny entwined branches. It is often used as a defesinve hedge or a hedgerow. Its small, perfumed white and melliferous flowers appear before the leaves in March-April. Its astringent and acrid blue-black fruits are used for liquor and brandies. It tolerates heat and dry conditions as well as any type of soils.