Fruit Bushes

I have a space next to my house that gets plenty of sun from morning until midday, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. I want to plant fruit trees there.

Perhaps blackcurrant, gooseberry or raspberry?

Can you advise of a particular variety that is well suited to an area east facing?

Will lay or raspberries grow on a trellis?

Thank you in advance.

All those. They could produce better with more sun - but I'm raspberries and blueberries in the morning sun, and they did well enough to be useful.

Blueberries REALLY want acidic soil. Like 4.0 to 4.5. It's nutty. So, if your soil tends toward alkaline, you might consider planting blueberries in large pots. If your soil is from 6.0 to 6.5 ... they should do ok - but I throw some soil sulfur at one or two times a year for keeping them happy.

Raspberries grow on stems that are about 3 feet high. they do not really climb. And if they are different from the normal fall on late-summer/early 9most are), you cut the ground in late autumn, and grow new each spring. Some people run horizontal supports, but if they are more against a wall .... additional support is not necessary. The stems are quite strong and upright.

All these would be given good land fertile and well watered. For raspberries, if you buy varieties of autumn fruiting, they are very easy to manage, as you just cut the canes to the ground each spring, and they bear fruit this year's growth. They do not need the cane, but it is useful only to attach a bit if they get too rough. With summer fruiting varieties, you must cut the stems of flowers a year and a tie in the growth of new stems which fruit the next year. It'sa lot of trouble and anyway I found that the said varieties are more prone to mildew in humid hot weather in June and the birds go for them so they should be covered. For some reason, they do not eat the genre later this fall. I recommend Joan J, Marshall, available - much larger than the happiness of the berries of autumn, which is the most common variety, excellent flavor and not prickly, leaves and stems. Marshalls also have a good variety of other berries, but hurry - they should be planted by the end of March, if you can manage.

It's enough sun for most berry bushes, as they like moist soil and do not like 100% of raspberry and currant sun.Certainly, and strawberries grow