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    Climbing fruits advice please

    I'm looking for a fruit plant that likes the shade and will climb a wall/trellis.
    It's a pretty small space, that's why I want it to climb. There will be BlackBerry next to it sort of wrapping the base of a large tree in our garden.
    We already have strawberry, loganberry and raspberry planted elsewhere so ideally something different.
    Oh, and I want to try to grow whatever it is straight from seed if possible.
    Haha..am I being to picky¿
    Anyway, thanks for any help folks.
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    I can't think of any fruit climber that likes shade.
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    • #3
      Dig up your blackberry and move it there - they're your best bet for shade being woodland plants.

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      • #4
        Ok, cheers. I did sort of think I was asking a bit much.

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        • #5
          Tie up the bramble canes onto the trellis.

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          • #6
            good idea...and then put a climbing hydrangea...the white one (I forget its name) that loves shade!
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            • #7
              One reads quite often that a gooseberry fan works on a north wall, though I have no personal experience of it

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              • #8
                Red currants and white currants are very shade tolerant and can be grown as cordons.

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                • #9
                  Japanese wineberries tolerate shade, I guess if you have bright shade or dark shade would made a difference.
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                  • #10
                    If you're planting close to a large tree the soil will be full of roots and the tree will have taken all the nutrients. Just saying!

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                    • #11
                      Cheers folks.
                      I like the idea of berries so might try them but yeah, the tree is a big problem.

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                      • #12
                        I'd go with blackberries too- they're pretty tolerant of most abuse I've been able to throw at mine!

                        I've just pulled this off tinternet but there's loads of info about trellising them.

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                        • #13
                          Thank you..I've actually got thornless that I planted last year so it might be easier to move them if I can dig a big enough hole between the tree roots.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                            If you're planting close to a large tree the soil will be full of roots and the tree will have taken all the nutrients. Just saying!
                            I have some Japanese wineberries planted right next to a conifer hedge (i.e. without 20 - 30 cm of the trunks) and they survive and fruit well. Brambles also try to take over my hedge constantly. I think most rubus species are pretty tough.

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                            • #15
                              I've planted a chaenamels in my shady area,you can fan train them,I don't know what the fruits like yet,I think I read theyre best cooked? But they're early flowering & good for bees & in that spot,anything with flowers is a bonus.
                              Location : Essex

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