
(U.C. Botanical Gardens, Berkeley, California)
One of my favorite trees, the incredible Blackthorn Tree, called Draighionn in Scots Gaelic.
Please post your experiences, impressions, etc. with this awesome magical tree.

Straif
The sinister Blackthorn,
Of the dark Moonless Night,
A weird, eerie tree, sworn
To put evil to flight.
A tree of dense thickets,
a strong boundary wall,
And sharp thorn pickets,
That prevail against all.
She dances the Dark
and magic she’ll weave,
For she is the Monarch
Of Samhain Eve.
http://www.susa-morgan-black.net/smb/Ar ... kthorn.pdf