Posted on 8 April 20215 April 2021 by David Blackthorn, budding flowers Blackthorn, with its long and vicious thorns, has flowers which appear before the leaves. In hawthorn the order is reversed. Here the blackthorn flowers are still tight little buds. Post navigationPrevious post: Magpie, Compton ParkNext post: Fur on fur – bee, pussy willow