Fruit in the shade

[His_Einna]

I know I'm probably being an optimist, but I was hoping to find some variety of fruit bush/cane that I can grow on a north-facing wall. Does such a thing exist? I'm already pushing for a morello cherry tree, but I can't find/think of anything else.

Thanks.

His_Einna

[rainbowgardener]

There are actually quite a few fruits that can be grown in a situation like that. They tend to be not the commonest ones, they may not be as productive as they would be with more hours of direct sun, or as sweet-- takes sunshine for all that sugar. But a lot of these less common, less sweet fruits are very high in anti-oxidants (and you can always add sugar, if that is your taste).

So here's a list (not necessarily complete). Also, I don't know how cold it gets where you are, so I don't know that all of these will grow in your climate. It's just a starting point of fruit producers for shade. You will need to check with your local nurseries to see which ones of them work for your climate:

black or red currants
gooseberries
honeyberry
chokeberry
rhubarb (not actually a fruit, but people treat it like one and I have mine growing in quite a shady area)
paw paw
cornelian cherry
salmonberry

more common berries like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries will grow in shady situations, but as noted with much reduced fruit production.