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Old 19-04-2010, 09:13 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Rusty Hinge[_2_] Rusty Hinge[_2_] is offline
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Default Food/Fruit for semi-shade?

Larry Stoter wrote:

We have some red currant bushes growing against a NW facing fence. They
receive very little sun; this year, judging by the flowers, we are in
for a bumper crop.


Doing their darndest under adverse conditions to produce a currant or two.

The blackbirds will have them, anyway...

Redan white currant will tolerate some shade, being (I am informed) a
sub-hedgerow shrub.

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Rusty