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Fruit Trees For Subzero Climates (Zone 2-3)
This year we are continuing to expand our collection of fruit, cherry and berry varieties, including gooseberries, currants, hardy haskap berries, and several new fruit tree varieties. Haskaps (Honeyberries) are in high demand and quantities of some varieties will be limited.
New Berries & Apples from Prairie Gardens - Bon Accord, Alberta
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Haskap (Honeyberries)
Haskap is an amazingly hardy, fast growing, high yielding, great tasting berry bush that is relatively new to North America. It is an edible honeysuckle that originates from Siberia, and goes by the name ‘Honeyberries’, ‘Blue Honeysuckle’, and ‘Haskap’. Recently, it has been hybridized at the University of Saskatchewan by Dr. Bob Bors for growing on the prairies. The plants are hardy to -40 degrees C, and the flowers are hardy to -7 degrees C. Pick fruit in late June on plants that are only three years old! It tastes like wild tangy blueberries!
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Sea Buckthorn
This striking dwarf shrub features narrow and graceful grayish green foliage. Hikul is a male variety so it doesn't produce fruit, but can be used as a pollinator for fruiting varieties. Female varieties produce large sprays of bright orange berries.
The fruit is quite tasty and is an excellent source of vitamins C, A, and E, as well as antioxidants. Sea berries are extremely drought tolerant and very easy to grow and maintain.
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Prairie Hardy Apples
We offer an juried selection of Alberta's best hardy apple trees for this region.
Try Prairie Magic! My girls love this new apple, which is crisp, very sweet and juicy! It is the best flavored hardy apple I have tasted! It produces medium-large sized fruit in mid-September. The tree has good cold hardiness –zone 3, and disease resistance.
Prairie Magic Fact Sheet
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Hardy Berries, Cherries Apricots & Plums
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Hardy Saskatoon Berry Bushes at Prairie Gardens
I grew up on Saskatoon berries. Sweet, slightly almond flavored.
Best varieites (in my opinion) - Thiessen, JB-30, & Smoky
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Raspberries for Edmonton Gardens
Boyne Raspberry
Boyne is a reliable very hardy raspberry. Boyne raspberries produces dark red, medium sized fruit. Produces tasty raspberries perfect for jams, preserves or eat straight off the plant. Will bear fruit in the second year of growth.
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Cold Hardy Strawberry Plants for Zone 2 Gardens
In our northern climate with cold winter temperatures, hardiness is a priority for strawberry gardeners. For our pick-your own farm, flavor is at the top of the list. Covering plants with straw at the end of October is a really good idea to protect the flower buds. Summer-bearing varieties of strawberry produce fruit in July in Edmonton gardens. Honeyoe and Kent are our favs.
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Hardy Cherry Trees & Sour Cherries for Alberta
We offer the Romance Series of Hardy Cherries. Great for fresh eating, good for canning or juicing. Which one to plant? Planting all six gives a harvest from the end of July to mid-September. Each cultivar has about a three-week harvest period. Expect some fruit three years after planting, with greater yield after 5 years, and peak capacity after seven years.
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Hardy Apricots for Zone 2-3 Orchards and Gardens
Growing apricot in Alberta is an act of love. Several selections are hardy enough but their blooms tend to come too early, so mulching the root system to keep it cold for as long as possible is a good idea.
You get a small crop every five or ten years on a fully matured tree. Apricots are self-sterile - you will have to plant two. Apricots are delicious. Totally worth the challenge if you have time and space!
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Hardy Plums for Alberta Gardens
The Pembina plum is a sweet and juicy plum variety that has a bright reddish-purple skin and yellow flesh. Pembina trees produce freestone plums that grow up to 2 inches thick. The trees begin blooming in early spring, with fruit ripening throughout the summer until it is finally ready in early fall. These plum trees need other trees to pollinate, with plum varieties such as the Brookred Plum or Opata Cherry Plum being ideal.
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Fruit Trees For Subzero Climates (Zone 2-3)
This year we are continuing to expand our collection of fruit, cherry and berry varieties, including gooseberries, currants, hardy haskap berries, and several new fruit tree varieties. Haskaps (Honeyberries) are in high demand and quantities of some varieties will be limited.
New Berries & Apples from Prairie Gardens - Bon Accord, Alberta
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Haskap (Honeyberries)
Haskap is an amazingly hardy, fast growing, high yielding, great tasting berry bush that is relatively new to North America. It is an edible honeysuckle that originates from Siberia, and goes by the name ‘Honeyberries’, ‘Blue Honeysuckle’, and ‘Haskap’. Recently, it has been hybridized at the University of Saskatchewan by Dr. Bob Bors for growing on the prairies. The plants are hardy to -40 degrees C, and the flowers are hardy to -7 degrees C. Pick fruit in late June on plants that are only three years old! It tastes like wild tangy blueberries!
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Sea Buckthorn
This striking dwarf shrub features narrow and graceful grayish green foliage. Hikul is a male variety so it doesn't produce fruit, but can be used as a pollinator for fruiting varieties. Female varieties produce large sprays of bright orange berries.
The fruit is quite tasty and is an excellent source of vitamins C, A, and E, as well as antioxidants. Sea berries are extremely drought tolerant and very easy to grow and maintain.
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Prairie Hardy Apples
We offer an juried selection of Alberta's best hardy apple trees for this region.
Try Prairie Magic! My girls love this new apple, which is crisp, very sweet and juicy! It is the best flavored hardy apple I have tasted! It produces medium-large sized fruit in mid-September. The tree has good cold hardiness –zone 3, and disease resistance.
Prairie Magic Fact Sheet
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Hardy Berries, Cherries Apricots & Plums
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Hardy Saskatoon Berry Bushes at Prairie Gardens
I grew up on Saskatoon berries. Sweet, slightly almond flavored.
Best varieites (in my opinion) - Thiessen, JB-30, & Smoky
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Raspberries for Edmonton Gardens
Boyne Raspberry
Boyne is a reliable very hardy raspberry. Boyne raspberries produces dark red, medium sized fruit. Produces tasty raspberries perfect for jams, preserves or eat straight off the plant. Will bear fruit in the second year of growth.
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Cold Hardy Strawberry Plants for Zone 2 Gardens
In our northern climate with cold winter temperatures, hardiness is a priority for strawberry gardeners. For our pick-your own farm, flavor is at the top of the list. Covering plants with straw at the end of October is a really good idea to protect the flower buds. Summer-bearing varieties of strawberry produce fruit in July in Edmonton gardens. Honeyoe and Kent are our favs.
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Hardy Cherry Trees & Sour Cherries for Alberta
We offer the Romance Series of Hardy Cherries. Great for fresh eating, good for canning or juicing. Which one to plant? Planting all six gives a harvest from the end of July to mid-September. Each cultivar has about a three-week harvest period. Expect some fruit three years after planting, with greater yield after 5 years, and peak capacity after seven years.
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Hardy Apricots for Zone 2-3 Orchards and Gardens
Growing apricot in Alberta is an act of love. Several selections are hardy enough but their blooms tend to come too early, so mulching the root system to keep it cold for as long as possible is a good idea.
You get a small crop every five or ten years on a fully matured tree. Apricots are self-sterile - you will have to plant two. Apricots are delicious. Totally worth the challenge if you have time and space!
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Hardy Plums for Alberta Gardens
The Pembina plum is a sweet and juicy plum variety that has a bright reddish-purple skin and yellow flesh. Pembina trees produce freestone plums that grow up to 2 inches thick. The trees begin blooming in early spring, with fruit ripening throughout the summer until it is finally ready in early fall. These plum trees need other trees to pollinate, with plum varieties such as the Brookred Plum or Opata Cherry Plum being ideal.
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