[londongardener]

Has anyone grown this ?
I planted it in March and I got a few fruits.  The original stem has died and now I have some 1-2 m long stems.

[Aunt Sally]

I've not grown it but this site suggests it's mainly an ornamental

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/794.shtml

[gobs]

No, I don't, but they do work as any bramble or ordinary raspberry, though. Old canes die and fruit on new growth in second year.

[Cynara]

Never grown it myself but I've seen it planted in big clumps in the Winter Garden at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridge. Ghostly white, very attractive but I wouldn't want to get too close, like barbed wire.