Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa
In Dutch: Sleedoorn
ShrubsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 1.5 to 3 m
- Spread
- 2.5 to 4 m
- Full grown after
- 5 to 10 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Fairly dry to moist, preferably rich in lime
- Water
- Little: copes with fairly dry soil
- Maintenance
- Low: only keep the suckers in check
- Flowers
- March to May, white
- For bees
- Yes: nectar and pollen, February to May
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- The stones are harmful if eaten
- Pricks or stings
- Yes: thorns
- Price, young
- About €1.26 to €2.15 each, 40-90 cm, bare-root
- Price, grown
- About €48.50 to €54.80 each, 150-200 cm, in a pot
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to November
- Flower
- March to May
- Fruit
- September to December