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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

a little more awake now...

The other reason I wouldn't plant blackberries is because they can be very 
vigorous, long arching canes reaching way beyond where you want them, and 
spread by rhizomes-- worse than elderberries.  I think the swamp rose & 
aronias & some viburnums also have rhizomes, but easily discouraged by 
mowing.

Try searching "raingarden fruit shrubs", [genus] wetlands, or similar.  More 
ideas there.


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From: "tanis cuff" >
To: nafex@
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] fruits that like wet feet
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:25:40 +0000

I don't think I've ever seen blackberries in wet areas in z.4-5 s.WI.  I've 
seen one of the lower-growing "dewberries" closer to marsh areas, but rarely 
with fruit, & they are too weedy & spreading for a yard site where you want 
a shrub.

What about Aronias and Viburnums?