Nothing could be sweeter than picking fresh fruit from your own garden. Golden Plains has everything you need to get started. We carry a wide variety to choose from. Not only are fruits like blueberries or honeyberries oh-so-delicious, but they are high in anti-oxidants as well. Give yourself a non-guilty pleasure of enjoying healthy fruit straight from your backyard!

Almond

Flowering almonds grow best in full sun (essential for the most amount of flowers) and moist, well-drained loam. It tolerates a variety of soil conditions although its flowering may be compromised in excessively dry or wet soil. Plant flowering almonds in spring, and water it regularly during the first growing season.

Self Pollinating
Full Sun
The Almond is a small, hardy shrub with dense, lustrous foliage and nice yellow-orange fall color. But its real claim to fame is the striking display of bountiful early spring flowers. Those rose-red blooms are true showstoppers. Because of its seasonal beauty, compact size and adaptability to a variety of soils, this shrub is a great choice for any yard.
Height: 5'
Spread: 4'
Zone: 2

Blueberry

Tasty blue fruits and colorful red fall foliage make blueberries outstanding additions to the landscape. Use them in mixed shrub borders and perennial beds for structure and interest as well as fruit production. Blueberries demand the right climate and soil but take little care if you provide a site suitable to their somewhat exacting conditions. Requires acidic soil with a PH of 4.5-5.5 for best results, to higher PH add agricultural lime, dolomitic lime, wood ash and baking soda, to lower PH add peat moss, ammonium sulfate, aluminum sulfate and elemental sulfur.

Self Pollinating but is recommended to plant more than one variety as it will help with larger berries and better yields.
Full Sun
Polaris produces large, firm and sweet berries. Fruit ripens mid summer and popular for good storage properties.
Height: 3'
Spread: 3'
Zone: 3

Cherry

Cherry shrubs are a sight to behold in the spring, when they’re covered in white or pink blossoms. After that, they produce the delicious cherries that most people know and love. To grow your cherries, it's best to choose a warm sheltered site, or grow against a south- or south-west facing wall or fence. When frost is forecast, protect the blossom, but uncover it during the day to allow access to pollinating insects. 

​Self Pollinating
​Full Sun
Crimson Passion cherries are a mid-season variety. Beautiful, large, sweet, bright red cherries ideal for fresh eating. Has the highest sugar content out of the sour cherries. Their bush shape is very suitable for the home garden.
Height: 6'
Spread: 5'
Fruit Size: 1.6"
Zone: 3
Juliet cherries are early to mid-season variety. Their bush shape is very suitable for the garden. These high sugar content cherries, ideal for cooking, but are also sweet enough for fresh eating. 
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 5'
Fruit Size: 1.4"
Zone: 3
Cupid produces large dark red with black overtone, which are usually ready for picking in late summer. The cherries are sweet and have a juicy texture. Best suited for fresh eating and processing.
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 5'
Fruit Size: 0.5"
Zone: 3
​Nanking Red cherries are only about 0.5" in diameter, the plants produce huge crops with little maintenance. What they lack in size, they make up for in yields and vigor.  Can be used for fresh eating or making jelly.  Can be used as a cross pollinator for Apricots. 
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 6'
Fruit Size: 0.5"
Zone: 2
Evans cherry is a compact fruit tree, with showy white flowers in spring followed by loads of bright red semi sweet cherries in mid-summer, excellent for fresh eating, processing and wine making. 
Tree Height: 8-10'
Spread: 6'
Fruit Size: 0.8-1.2"
Zone: 3
Convoy is a cross between a cherry and a plum. It produces medium-sized, bright red fruit in early September. Great for canning, jam or fresh eating.
Height: 8'
Spread: 6'
Zone: 2

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Currants grow in various soil types but prefer heavier soils, rich in clay. Thick organic mulch is beneficial and helps keep the soil cool.  When planting, space plants 3.5' apart for a hedge or about 6.5' for an individual plant. Plant and mulch well to suppress weeds and keep the roots cool.

Self Pollinating
Full Sun
Ben Nevis currants are medium-sized shrubs grown for its tart black berries that arrive in summer which are ideal for jams and jellies. Ben Nevis currant shrubs have green foliage throughout the season and white flowers in spring. 
Height: 4-5'
Spread: 3'
Fruit Size: 0.4"
Zone: 3
Red Lake currants have beautiful clusters of fruit as red as rubies. Attractive heavy-bearing bushes yield the tastiest currants you’ve ever savored. Berries hold well on the bush and are ideal for jellies, preserves, tarts, and muffins. Cold-hardy. Ripens in July. 
Height: 5'
Spread: 4'
Fruit Size: 0.4"
Zone: 2

Elderberry

An elderberry is a large bush or shrub that produces bluish-black fruit in bunches that are used in wines, juices, jellies and jams. The berries themselves are quite bitter, so they are rarely eaten by themselves. The shrubs can tolerate different conditions like poor soil or overly wet areas. One thing growing elderberries cannot tolerate, however, is drought. When planting elderberry bushes, you should note that the berries will grow on the bushes the first year you plant them. Just remember that the berries will do better the second year. 

Self Pollinating
Part Shade to Full Sun
Americana elderberry is grown for its large clusters of fragrant white flowers and clusters of deep purple-black berries. Blooms June and July. This deciduous shrub grows to 12' in both height and width, making it a good hedge or wind break. Fruit is used for elderberry wine, jelly, and pie.
Height: 12'
Spread: 6'
Fruit Size: 0.25"
Zone: 2

Gooseberry

Gooseberry bushes are really cold hardy. Make sure you place your growing gooseberries 3-4' apart. The rows should be 8-9' apart to allow enough room for the growing gooseberry plants to spread. You can grow your gooseberry plants as free standing bushes. Remember, though, that you can train your gooseberry bushes to grow on a hedgerow or as shrubs that resemble trees.​
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Self Pollinating
Full Sun
Captivator gooseberries are jumbo fruits on semi-thornless canes. The fruit is green when immature, turning pink to full red when ripe with very sweet flavor. The berries hang in clusters making them easy to pick. Ripens in midsummer.
Height: 3'
Spread: 2-3'
Fruit Size: 0.4"
Zone: 3

Grape

Grapes are woody perennial vines. Flowers and subsequent fruit develop on new shoots called canes. Annual pruning is very important to keep this type of growth healthy and rejuvenating each year, it's best to do this in spring before the leaves emerge. The vines can be trained to grow in many decorative forms to be used for privacy and esthetics.

Self Pollinating
Full Sun
Concord Blue Ice is one of the hardiest table grape varieties, producing large blue grapes that become incredibly sweet and juicy in fall. A vigorous vine, use as a screen for arbours or trailing along fences. Requires regular pruning and full sun.
Height: 6'
Fruit Size: 0.4"
Zone: 3
Eona is a hardy white grape that ripens in September. Good for table use or wine.
Height: 6'
Fruit Size: 0.4"
Zone: 3
Severnji Red is a very juicy, red grape and is excellent for wine, juice or jams. Ripens in September. Pollinator is required.
Height: 6'
Fruit Size: 0.4"
Zone: 3

Haskap (Honeyberry)

Haskaps are becoming super popular in the Prairies in the last couple of year. There small, white, light fragrant flowers can withstand a -7 C frost in spring making it reliable in our unpredictable spring weather. Fruit is large and deep blue in color, they are rich in anti-oxidants with a taste similar to a blueberry with a hint of raspberry. They are great to eat fresh, process and making wine. A haskap berry has many layers of skin which makes up the berry. The outer layer is very rich in anti-oxidants.

Cross Pollination Required
Part Shade to Full Sun
​Aurora haskap is full of flavour. This tall upright shrub features fruit that is larger and sweeter than others. Fruit has a pointed pear shape and matures in late June to mid July.

Needs another variety of haskap for cross-pollination use Borealis & Polar Jewel.
Height: 5-6'
Spread: 4'
Fruit Size: 2.2 Grams
Zone: 2
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Borealis has large, Sweet, blue berries have the best tasting fruit.  Compact size of shrub makes it popular among homeowners. Fruit ripens in late June.

Needs another variety of haskap for cross-pollination use Aurora & Honey Bee.
Height: 4-5'
​Spread: 4'
Fruit Size: 1.6 Grams
Zone: 2
Boreal Beauty haskap is a heavy yielder with larger berries. It is know for its later window of harvesting time being from late July to early August.

Needs another variety of haskap for cross-pollination use Boreal Beast.
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 4'
Fruit Size: 2.6 Grams
Zone: 3​
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Polar Jewel has large, sweet, deep blue berries. It is good for fresh eating, baking and jam. Berries ripen early to mid July.

Needs another variety of haskap for cross-pollination use Aurora.
Height: 4'
Spread: 4'
Fruit Size: 2 Grams
Zone: 2
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Honey Bee is an earlier harvest time then the others. It is great for fresh eating, processing & wine making. It is a fast growing plant. Harvest early June. 

Needs another variety of haskap for cross-pollination use Aurora &Borealis.
Height: 5-6'
Spread: 4'
Fruit Size: 1.9 Grams
Zone: 2

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Hazelnut

Hazelnuts are one of the easiest nuts to grown. On top of that, they produce quickly, so you don’t have to wait a decade for your first harvest. Hazelnuts can handle anything from loamy to clay soil, but don’t do well in peaty or wet areas. Avoid overly rich soil because it will cause the tree to leaf at the expense of fruit. When growing hazelnuts, they can handle a little shade, especially in hot and dry areas. They need at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day to produce well. The shadier the spot, the fewer fruits the tree will produce.

Self Pollinating
Part Shade to Full Sun
The Baked hazelnut is a large, spreading shrub which produces tasty hazelnuts in early to mid fall. The nuts have a sweet taste. Also great shrubs for hedges or screening.
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 6-7'
Fruit Size: 0.5"
Zone: 2

Kiwi

Native to the forests of eastern Russia, hardy kiwi has a beautiful vine, its unique, light and airy foliage is splashed in the spring with green, white, and pink variegations. Male plants are especially colorful and are often planted alone for their ornamental value. You can use hardy kiwis to cover the north side of a fence, arbor, or trellis. Enjoy the fuzz less fruit skin just like on the other hardy Kiwi varieties. The fruit ripens in August and the plants begins bearing 1-2 years after planting. 

Cross Pollination Required - 1 Male plant (Pasha) can pollinate up to 8 Female plants (September Sun)
Full Sun
Pasha is a male variety of hardy kiwi, which doesn't bear fruit. Its leaves are strikingly colorful colors of green, silver, white and pink with small white/yellow fragrant flowers. It may require up to 3 years of growth before showing their first tricolor leaves. 
Length: 10'
Spread: 3'
Zone: 3
September Sun kiwis produce good crops of large, sweet, pale green and flavorful fruit. You can eat them like a grape as they have very tender skin. Fruit ripens August to early September. 
Length: 10'
Spread: 3'
Fruit Size: .75-2"
Zone: 3

Raspberry

Reap the delicious and nutritious benefits of growing a raspberry plant in your own backyard. The vigorous, productive canes of these raspberry plants will give you abundant crops of easy-to-pick, uniquely flavorful berries. You can eat them fresh or freeze them for later.  And, since raspberries are a rich source of nutrients, vitamins and minerals, they make a healthy addition to any diet.

Self Pollinating
Full Sun
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Aubin Black is a hardy vigorous grower that produces good quality, sweet, black fruit. Is good for fresh eating and preserves. Harvest in July.
Height:  5'
Spread: 3'
Zone: 3
Boyne raspberries are from a small shrub that produces red heart-shaped berries which are usually ready for picking in July. The berries have a sweet taste and a juicy texture. Cut canes in fall as they produce fruit on new canes only.
Height: 4'
Spread: 3'
Zone: 3
Double Delight raspberries have an average fruit size with excellent sharp flavour. Raspberries ripens in third week of August to late-September. Cut canes in fall as they produce fruit on new canes only.
Height: 4'
Spread: 3'
Zone: 3

Rhubarb

Rhubarb plants need time and lots of nutrients to store in their roots in order to produce vigorous stems in the coming seasons. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Raised beds are well suited. At planting time, dig in a generous amount of fully rotted manure or compost. Growers should space rows at least 3' wide. Feed and water plants regularly, and remove any flower spikes as you see them develop. You can start harvesting when stems are 1" by gently pulling the stem or cutting it right at the soil level.

Self Pollinating
Full Sun
Canada Red rhubarb is a vigorous heavy producer that has extra thick, juicy, bright crimson stalks that keep their colour when cooked. It is one of the sweetest varieties on the market. You can start harvesting in July. Rhubarb also makes excellent preserves such as jam, marmalade, and fruit syrups.
Height: 3'
Spread: 2-3'
Zone: 2

Saskatoon

The saskatoon is a hardy and tolerant fruit species. It is resistant to low temperatures and drought, and grows in a wide range of soil types. It has the capacity to be productive for many years. As well as having value as a fruit, the saskatoon also has value as an ornamental. Masses of showy flowers appear in the spring, and then has brilliant fall foliage.

Self Pollinating
Full Sun
Northline saskatoons are a favourite with many growers for it's wonderful flavour and large, blue berries. Harvest in early summer.
Height: 8'
Spread: 5'
Fruit Size: 0.6"
Zone: 2