Edible Shrub help!

[.commander]

Hello!

I'm looking for edible shrubs to place round my plot. I want to give it more distinct boundries and make use of certain areas. The area in red is in shade 80% of the time and so will need a plant that will thrive here. It is also a clay soil and a bit wet at times round there.

The area in blue will be the other 3 sides of my plot. Idealy the plant would be not too wide as I don't want to lose too much crop space...

Thanks for the help.

Chris

[WendyC]

Do you mean plants that will produce an edible crop? My first thought was raspberries but they can be a bit wayward! What about cordon trained fruit? Apples and pears are the most obvious but I'm sure currants and gooseberries can be trained as such. Not sure about the shady area.

[.commander]

Yeah any Shrub that is easy to manage and will provide a border of sorts is preferable. I want to define my boundaries so to speak Edible to me is preferable, but if its edible to the birds thats fine too.

[Chippy Minton]

Monty Don has cordon trained pears running along the length of his veg area (according to the fork to fork book). Looked fantastic and seemed to be productive.

[veggiechicken]

Most of the fruit bushes will tolerate some shade - though I don't know anything much that will grow in 80% shade! Are you sure about that?

[.commander]

It's an estimate, but in summer I'd say its at least 50%. The sun rises in the front of the photo and mves to the back (if that makes sense)

[veggiechicken]

OK, so its east at the front of the photo and west at the back. You want to plant bushes along the south side of the plot which is, presumably in the shadow of something. If you plant anything tall &dense along that side, you're going to move the shadow further across your plot.
Just a thought - although I'm probably completely confused about my NSEW