[Babstreefern]

I've got a plot on an allotment, but I also wish to grow a small area which has my fruit trees (actually only two - apple and a cherry).  Its at the back of my plot set against a fence with other trees about it.  I would like to know what plants would be ok to grow in partial shade that would be found in a woodland setting.

[Alex 98]

Hellebours, perfect for this.
Beth Chatto is the expert on this
Have a look at some of her books

Alex 98

[woodburner]

Are you meaning vegetables or flowers?
There's not a lot of veg that will grow well in shade. Raspberries like a bit of shade and so does rhubarb, but only a bit. Raspberries are too tall to grow under fruit trees, and anything growing at all will compete for nutrients.
That said, if you want flowers, and aren't too fussed about yields etc. bluebells, anemones, hellebores, geraniums (not the indoor ones), cyclamen and ivy are all good ground cover. The ivy is probably too invasive next to a veg plot though.

[Babstreefern]

Definitely plants not veg