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[bunn]

Despite appearances, I did not take this photo of blackthorn against a stormy sky in March. I took it this morning.



There have been no mayflowers at all yet this year, and it needs to get a wiggle on, or they will be june-flowers. I was thinking that my big apple tree is going to have another fallow year this year, and requires a severe pruning - but observing the hawthorns and the lack of rowan-flowers, I may give it a bit longer before I do anything drastic. Admittedly, most of the apple trees inthe valley are flowering their hearts out, but this one could still be late, I think.

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[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Here in Essex everything is heavy with blossom - the thorns, apple, crabs, chestnuts and even the odd rose. The magnolias are over.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

No roses here yet and the magnolias are still out - but we are quite high up. They may have roses already down in the lowlands along the coast!