The Crafty Cultivator

After I started writing the little profile for the ‘Crimson Passion’ Cherry, I wanted to write something similar for each of the new fruit trees. So here we are with the Brookgold Plum.

It has smaller, yellow fruit and I am really looking forward to it doing well. So keep your fingers crossed with me that I have some fruit to show for this tree. It does need a pollinator though, so if you are looking into getting this tree, know that you will need another plant to pollinate it.. and a second Brookgold Plum won’t do it. You need something with different genes that will bloom around the same time. They need to bloom around the same time, because otherwise the pollen wont be there to pollinate, and you won’t get fruit. Luckily for me, the Nanking Cherry is a pollinator for this Brookgold Plum, and we planted a handful of them. Quick note, if you are not sure whether or not your fruit tree needs a separate pollinator, do a quick google search, or find a knowledgeable person at your local nursery/greenhouse/garden centre (that isn’t a big-box store) to talk to and help you make the right choice for you.

Some quick notes about the ‘Brookgold’ Plum:

• Cold Hardiness: Zone 3
• Height: 10-15 feet (Spread is about the same)
• Ripens: August
• Japanese Plum Group, and was developed in Brooks, Alberta
• Latin: Prunus salicina ‘Brookgold’

I don’t have a picture of this one after we planted it, so You’ll have to use your imagination.. Or wait until I can get some of it growing this  year.

I’m looking quite forward to this one because I never really imagined I could grow plums here…. On this same note.. I REALLY want a Mount Royal Plum also, because they are a bluey-purple (so nice contrast to this gold one); and It is self fertile!!

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