Brookgold Plum (Spring 2027)

Yes. Brookgold Plum needs pollen from a different variety that blooms at about the same time. Brookgold is a Japanese plum and needs another Japanese plum such as Ptitsin #5, or a Native American plum, nearby. Brookred will not pollenize it. Partners we carry include Ptitsin #5 Plum, Native American Plum (Bundle of 3), Toka Plum.

We rate Brookgold Plum hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.

About 700 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 500 and 900. Nobody has published a chill figure for it, so that's our estimate from its relatives and origin. Bred in Alberta for long, cold winters. Estimated at about 700 hours, the same figure listed for its sister plum Brookred. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

We graft Brookgold Plum onto Prairie Red Plum (semi-dwarf), which makes a tree roughly 10 to 15 ft tall if you never prune it.

Our top use scores for Brookgold Plum are fresh eating (8/10), jams and jellies (7/10), canning and freezing (6/10). Anything scored 8 or higher makes our Best Of lists.

We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Brookgold Plum for bacterial canker, bacterial spot, black knot, brown rot, cytospora canker and plum pocket, so we list it as unknown instead of guessing. That doesn't mean it's weak. Plenty of the plants we grow have never been through formal disease trials. Our plum disease resistance chart has every rating, the notes and the sources.

Yes, deer love it. Protect Brookgold Plum with a fence or a cage, especially while it is young.

A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. Sizes offered: 4-6 ft or 6-7 ft. We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.