Orchard Tips

Tree Fruits  

Home grown fruits are one of the highlights of summer. 

What could be better than enjoying a fresh crisp fall apple from your own tree or sweet juicy raspberries from your own garden? 

While it is true that we cannot grow oranges and bananas outdoors  take heart. There is an amazing variety of fruits that we can grow, many of which are surprising. For example did you know that there are prairie hardy apricots and pears?

We carry a huge selection of prairie hardy fruits. Time to start that patch of homegrown fruit you have always dreamed about! 

The following varieties are hardy for zone 3 and some for zone 2. 

Starting a fruit orchard may seem  daunting and expensive. Where to start? These would be our first picks because of hardiness, fruit quality and ease of growing:

• A hardy favourite apple like a Parkland.

• A Rescue Applecrab. Reliable producer of tasty smaller apples. Very hardy, it thrives despite the most brutal winters. Easy to grow and very disease resistant.

• An Evans Cherry. Productive and hardy, this self pollinating shrub blooms beautifully in the spring. Fruit are great for fresh eating, canning, freezing or drying. Easy to grow.

• Definitely get a rhubarb plant going. Oh, those mouth watering rhubarb crisps! Easy to grow.

• You just can't go wrong with a few raspberry canes. Easy to look after and they sucker to create more of  themselves. Very easy to grow.