Blackthorn in the garden
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:48 am
Hi All,
My in-laws live just on the edge of Brown Hairstreak range near Oxford, and would also like to make some home-made sloe gin.
How suitable is Blackthorn as a hedging plant in gardens? When in hedgerows, it spreads by suckers and the extent of blackthorn grows from year to year. How is this prevented in gardens, and is it relatively easy to do?
My in-laws live just on the edge of Brown Hairstreak range near Oxford, and would also like to make some home-made sloe gin.
How suitable is Blackthorn as a hedging plant in gardens? When in hedgerows, it spreads by suckers and the extent of blackthorn grows from year to year. How is this prevented in gardens, and is it relatively easy to do?