Are there Blackberries and Rasberries that grow in shade?

[Binaryluv]

The wife wants blackberries and I have no space left! The rest of my property is woods. I noticed yesterday that the woods behind my shop was sorta flat and I might be able to plant something there but it is heavily shaded. Does anyone out there know of any blackberries that will grow in shade.

[Learning gardener]

Well I'm not sure what kind they are, but we have black rasberries growing wild in our woods. They're mostly all in partial shade. I don't know how hard it would be to try to get them to grow though. Anything that grows wild seems to grow good, but sometimes those sorts of things are hard to grow on purpose...

[philprofjw]

Both will grow in shade, albeit more slowly. There's a place in the woods not far from our house where blackberries grow wild under about a thirty foot forest canopy. They get no direct sun, except for dappled sun here and there.

Good luck!

I guess they both already said it but yeah they must grow well in shade, I know places with acres of them under trees that block nearly all the sun and they arre thick as anything, couldnt even think of walking through it. Im sure domesticated varieties would as well but Im not positive.

[w8in4dave]

Our woods is full of black raspberries and black berries .. I think they like alot of organic materiel to grow.. thats why they grow well in woods ..

[older than dirt]

They grow in & beside old loging roads around here. Id say if they get a couple hrs sun they do fine & have larger berrys that way.

[windsng225]

I know my black raspberry patch is half in all shade and half in partial shade. The one's in the all shade has thousands of berries on it, where the one's with partial shade have much less. Now if I could only reach the one's in the back in all shade! Leaving them for the birds every year.
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[jadek]

Yes, they seem to grow fine in deep shade here. They grow in sun, too, but the berries look more scalded and have less intense flavor than the shaded ones do.

[muppetcow]

What?!? Raspberries will grow in shade?!? **does the happy dance** Now I know exactly what is going in the semi-shady back corner of the yard at the new house!

[Binaryluv]

I also to will do the "Happy Dance!" Thanks so much, I was not looking forward to cutting trees down.