I have a new bed in my garden and I put in some raspberry canes. I'm
wondering if I can grow much under them, for ground cover?

Ideally I'd love to grow some veg, but I realise this may not be
possible. My mother suggested alpine strawberries - which I think will
be OK in some shade, but alpine strawberries are her answer to
everything, and if she had her way the whole garden would be covered in
them.

Could I grow anything shade-loving and small? Or will some things not
thrive and/or take away too much from the raspberries?

thanks

Katie

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I have a new bed in my garden and I put in some raspberry canes. I'm
wondering if I can grow much under them, for ground cover?

Ideally I'd love to grow some veg, but I realise this may not be
possible. My mother suggested alpine strawberries - which I think will
be OK in some shade, but alpine strawberries are her answer to
everything, and if she had her way the whole garden would be covered in
them.

I'm in luuuuurve!

Could I grow anything shade-loving and small? Or will some things not
thrive and/or take away too much from the raspberries?


Of course, ordinary strawberries should do quite well - the bottoms of
the canes aren't exactly densely foliated.

The trouble is, raspberry roots are very shallow, which cuts out a lot
of stuff.

You could try French beans...

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I have a new bed in my garden and I put in some raspberry canes. I'm
wondering if I can grow much under them, for ground cover?

Ideally I'd love to grow some veg, but I realise this may not be
possible. My mother suggested alpine strawberries - which I think will
be OK in some shade, but alpine strawberries are her answer to
everything, and if she had her way the whole garden would be covered in
them.

Could I grow anything shade-loving and small? Or will some things not
thrive and/or take away too much from the raspberries?

You could grow several of the less demanding herbs - parsley, rocket
(which is what I would recommend), thyme etc.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:

You could grow several of the less demanding herbs - parsley, rocket
(which is what I would recommend), thyme etc.

Rocket! I was going to grow some rocket in containers, it would be very
nice to be able to grow it in a bed... (I only have two).

Thanks all - I may try some regular strawberries too...

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I have a new bed in my garden and I put in some raspberry canes. I'm
wondering if I can grow much under them, for ground cover?

I have *Ivy* trying to invade my Raspberry patch and not doing very
well!

Summary: Don't bother!

My mother suggested alpine strawberries - which I think will
be OK in some shade, but alpine strawberries are her answer to
everything, and if she had her way the whole garden would be covered
in them.

They are very good. Exquisite taste, longer season, better looking
plants than "ordinary" strawberries and pretty tolerant.



Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

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Steve Harris wrote:
In article .com,
() wrote:

I have a new bed in my garden and I put in some raspberry canes. I'm
wondering if I can grow much under them, for ground cover?

I have *Ivy* trying to invade my Raspberry patch and not doing very
well!

Summary: Don't bother!

Ivy likes quite a lot of water compared to rocket. As the problem
will be shortage of water in summer, the latter is more likely to
do well. All right, that probably means that parsley wouldn't do
well, either.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.