Recommendations for climbing fruit, please?

[silverfork]

I'm putting up a trellis fence above a retaining wall that is all that currently seperates my garden from a grumpy and hostile neighbour. The fence runs east to west, so it faces north/south, but my side is the north one. I want to cover the trellis as quickly as possible, but preferably with productive plants. I've got a vine already (Boskoop Glory, supposedly good outside, last year rubbish, but wasn't everything?). It's a long fence so plenty of room. Not much frost here as i'm 2 miles from the sea. Any ideas? Thanks.

[kernowyon]

tayberry works for me, loads of fruit, even in first year, quick growing as well.
still have some in freezer.

[Janco]

Loganberry grows well for me but I only use it for cooking and jams.
A cultivated blackberry is also fine.
I have Boysenberry too but it only put out long shoots last year so I'm waiting to taste them!
I also like tayberry but mine is not as prolific as the loganberry although fairly sweet tasting.

[Nicos]

You could grow passion fruit. It grows like crazy and you will get some fruit in hot summers()

My thought though...is that won't most of the flowers and fruit be on your neighbours South side??
Is it worth putting up the trellis a few feet inside your boundary so you can get at the fruit??

[momol]

I would recommend hardy/mini kiwi but as you are in the north part, I am afraid it will fruit more in the south part of the fence and your grumpy neighbour will be having party.

Have you think of hazelnut as it can be grow in semishade too plus it won't climb to your neighbour side as you can prune and grow them like hedge plus it will give you lots of hazelnuts...yummy.

Momol

[silverfork]

Thanks all. Good ideas. The trellis holes are pretty big so I reckon I'll still get all the fruit, and although my neighbour is grumpy, he won't take any for himself. I can always get a step ladder and reach over the top. He's got an apple tree that's always laden, and he chucks the fruit away! He told me to help myself when we first moved in, before he turned (god knows why, people are strange. Now he looks straight through me, that's why I want the fence. He tried to hit the other neighbour over the head with a shovel some years ago!).
Tayberry sounds good, and hardy kiwi, deffo. And I love the idea of hazlenut. It's pretty fast growing isn't it?
About passion fruit: Some fruit is nice to eat and some not, isn't it? Anyone know which is the good one?

[momol]

The growth of Hazelnut is really depending the cultivar Silverfork...will have a look at their name...

Momol

[momol]

Sorry Silverfork can't find it ,my hazelnut were (I think)mainly a Webbs prize cob and the other one I don't know but don't know if you can get them in UK. They grow pretty fast and use as hedge.

Momol

[TonyF]

I'd go for the hybrid berries, tayberry, loganberry, thornless blackberries. Kiwis are good but they need a good deal of attention if you want them to thicken up quickly and produce fruit.

I wouldn't grow passion fruit plants for the fruits, just for the foliage and flowers, the fruits look great but they aren't worth the bother (for me) and some contain high levels of poison.

[Madasafish]

Himalayan Giant Bramble. Vigorous grow 4 metres plus long (and high), thorny but easily pruned. Lovely fruit flavour.
Easy to propagate.

Ideal to discourage invaders (or cows in our case)