Fruit Trees

Every fruit tree we grow is here: apples, cider apples, crabapples, almonds, apricots, sweet and tart cherries, mulberries, nectarines, pawpaws, pears, persimmons, peaches, plums and plumcots. Almost all of them are rated for zone 4, except a few peaches and nectarines. Most are rated for zone 3, and a good number are rated for zone 2, including lots of apples, applecrabs and crabapples, several pears, some plums and all the dwarf cherries, and some apricots get close at zone 2b. The only zone 1 fruit trees are a handful of apples, applecrabs and crabapples. They all ship bare root in spring.

Shop by zone: Zone 1 · Zone 2 · Zone 3 · Zone 4 · Zone 5. Not sure of your zone? The cold hardiness calculator gives you the coldest night to plan for at your address.

More about picking fruit trees

Pollination is the first thing to sort out. Every apple needs a second apple or crabapple blooming nearby, and Dolgo crabapple is a top pollenizer for apples. Hybrid plums want a hybrid plum pollenizer like Toka, Superior or South Dakota. Peaches and nectarines are self-fertile, and so are Lapins, Black Gold and White Gold sweet cherries, while Gold and Rainier need a partner. The pollination maps show which trees bloom together.

A late spring frost can cost you a crop even when the tree is plenty hardy. Late bloomers help you dodge it. Zard apricot blooms later than almost any other, and Precious and Wayne apricots, Veteran peach and Black Gold and Gold sweet cherries bloom late too.

Some trees want your warmest spot. Flavortop, Fantasia and Mericrest nectarines are rated to zone 5, and Chicago Hardy fig is rated to zone 6, so here it winters indoors. Apples, plums and most cherries are deer favorites, which is why they make our fruit trees for deer and food plots list. Pears, apricots and peaches get damaged sometimes, and pawpaw is rarely bothered. If deer come through your place, see our deer resistant plants, and check the rootstock guide to see what each tree is grafted on.

Questions we get

Which fruit trees are self-fertile?

Our peaches and nectarines, most tart cherries, and Lapins, Black Gold and White Gold sweet cherries. Zard, Westcot and Morden 604 apricots are self-fertile too, and so are Concorde and Honeysweet pears.

What is the most cold hardy fruit tree?

Rescue applecrab, Siberian crabapple and Parkland apple are rated to zone 1, which is -60°F. Trailman applecrab, Dolgo crabapple and Trail crabapple are rated to zone 1b (-55°F).

Can you grow peaches in Montana?

Yes, in the right spot. Siberian C is rated to zone 3b, Contender survived -32°F and is rated to zone 4, and most of our other peaches are rated to zone 4b. They're all self-fertile.

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