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Blackthorn or Sloe Seeds (Prunus spinosa)
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Blackthorn or Sloe Seeds (Prunus spinosa) 🌿 – Spiny shrub with creamy-white spring flowers and tart purple-black sloes 🍇, ideal for hedges, jams, liqueurs, and ornamental planting.
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Blackthorn or Sloe Seeds (Prunus spinosa)
Price: Pack of 10 seeds
🌱 Blackthorn or Sloe (Prunus spinosa) 🌿 is a hardy deciduous shrub or small tree reaching up to 5 meters tall with dense, stiff, spiny branches and dark blackish bark. Leaves are oval, 2–4.5 cm long and 1.2–2 cm wide, with serrated margins. In early spring, creamy-white flowers 🌸 appear before the leaves, are hermaphroditic, and attract bees for pollination. The tree produces small, black-purple sloes 🍇 10–12 mm in diameter that ripen in autumn. Fresh fruits are very astringent, but the flavor softens after first frosts or freezing, making them ideal for preserves, jams, pies, liqueurs like sloe gin, pacharan, prunelle, or bargnolino, and even fermented wines.
Blackthorn is frequently used as a cattle-proof hedge in Europe due to its dense spiny growth. Its wood 🌳 is durable, burns slowly as firewood, and is traditionally used for walking sticks (shillelagh), tool handles, and decorative crafts. The foliage supports many insects, including larvae of Lepidoptera, making it valuable for wildlife gardens. The tree prefers sunny, well-drained soil, tolerates most soil types, and is hardy to -15°C, although young spring shoots are frost-tender.
🪴 Sowing Instructions Blackthorn or Sloe Seeds (Prunus spinosa):
Pre-treatment: Blackthorn seeds have hard coats and benefit from stratification. Place seeds in a damp medium (sand or peat) at 2–5°C for 3–4 months before sowing.
Sowing depth: Sow seeds 0.5–1 cm deep in well-drained soil.
Location: Sunny or lightly shaded area; avoid wet clay soils.
Moisture: Keep soil moderately moist, but avoid overwatering to prevent rotting.
Germination: Seeds are slow and irregular; germination may take 6–12 months. Patience is required.
Transplanting: Plant seedlings in their permanent position as soon as roots establish to avoid disturbance. Ideal planting time is spring.
Care: Water regularly until established; prune in winter to maintain shape. Can be used as hedge or ornamental tree.
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Seeds are carefully tested for germination, ensuring strong, healthy plants.
🌟 Benefits Blackthorn or Sloe Seeds (Prunus spinosa):
Blackthorn or Sloe 🌿 provides ornamental spring flowers, pollinator support, edible fruits for culinary and liqueur uses, and durable wood for crafts or walking sticks, making it a versatile and valuable plant for gardens and wildlife habitats.
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