Brookgold Plum Tree | Bare Root, Hardy to Zone 2 | Spring 2027

Representative photo of yellow plums on the tree, not Brookgold itself

Brookgold Plum (Spring 2027)

$74.99

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Pollination Needs a partner

Bloom group 3 of 7 (Early-Mid)

See trees that will pollenize it Plum Pollination Map

Ripening

Will it finish before your first hard freeze?

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At a glance: Brookgold Plum is a plum tree rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F), and not self-fertile, so it needs a different variety nearby as a pollenizer (bloom group 3 of 7, early-mid for a hybrid or Japanese plum).

Hardy to	Zone 2 to 7. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included (winters to -50°F). Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator.
Pollination	Needs Cross-Pollination. Bloom group 3 of 7 (early-mid), early spring here. 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. Good partners we carry: Ptitsin #5 Plum, Native American Plum (Bundle of 3), Toka Plum, Kaga Plum and 12 more. Plum Pollination Map.
Rootstock and size	Prairie Red Plum: semi-dwarf, about 10 to 15 ft tall unpruned. A seed-grown American plum hybrid from the USDA plant materials center in Bismarck; it suckers. Our rootstock guide.
Good for	Fresh eating (8/10), jams and jellies (7/10), canning and freezing (6/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists.
Deer	A deer favorite. Fence it or cage it.
What you get	Bare root, 4-6 ft or 6-7 ft. Shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out.

One of the hardiest plums out there.

Bred on the Alberta Prairie

Brookgold was developed at the Crop Diversification Centre South in Brooks, Alberta, and named for the town and for its golden color. It was introduced in 1979. Like the best of the prairie plums, it was bred to come through winters that kill most other plums, and it does it without giving up much on flavor.

Fruit

Size: small, about an inch across
Skin: thin and bright gold, often with an orange blush, and not sour the way a lot of plum skins are
Flesh: yellow, soft, very juicy and extremely sweet
Pit: freestone

It's one of the first plums to ripen, in mid-August up on the prairies. Great fresh off the tree, and good for canning and jam. Growers up north describe it as dependable and productive, which is exactly what you want from a plum in cold country.

The flesh is soft and doesn't keep long, about a week in the fridge, so plan on eating them fresh or putting them up.

Brookgold is new for us, so we'll add our own notes once our trees are fruiting.

Representative photo of yellow plums on the tree, not Brookgold itself. Photo credit: “Prunus domestica. Cirolal (frutu variedá mirabel)” by SABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Questions we get about Brookgold Plum

Does Brookgold Plum need a pollenizer?

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.

How cold hardy is Brookgold 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.

How big does Brookgold Plum get?

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.

What is Brookgold Plum good for?

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.

Will deer eat Brookgold Plum?

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

What arrives, and when does Brookgold Plum ship?

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.

Pollination partners

Trees that will pollenize Brookgold Plum

Brookgold Plum needs a different hybrid or Japanese plum nearby to set fruit. Every tree below blooms at the same time and has pollen that works for it. Plant partners within about 100 feet.

Bloom group 3 of 7 (Early-Mid)

Pollination Needs a partner

Pollen Good pollenizer

16 trees we carry will pollenize it. 12 in stock now.