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Edibles in PNW

What fruit Trees, fruits and vegetables can tolerate partial shade?
What evergreen olive trees could grow in our area, Edmonds, zone 8a? Thank u!

Posted by Oksana Lysenko on May 24, 2021

Marianne's Response

For partial shade the best fruits would be blueberries and kale, Swiss chard and other leafy greens. Rhubarb as well. Some fruit trees such as Italian plums and apples may produce in partial shade but it all depends on how many hours of sun and the summer temperature. As for olives, there is a nursery called Raintreenursery.com that sells hardy olive trees offering the Tuscan varieties Leccino and Maurino. You may not get ripe olives however and olives need a long hot summer to ripen. The trees can be ornamental. Keep growing, Marianne Binetti