Small Fruit Shrubs
COUNTRY BLOOMS GARDEN CENTRE SMALL FRUITS LIST 2025
Purple Passion
A unique variety that adds a pop of colour and flavour to your meals. Purple passion asparagus has a rich plum hue, and tends to be less herbaceous than green varieties. Because of its higher sugar content, it has a sweet and honeyed taste. When cooked, the vibrant colour fades to a light green, and the heat reveals a subtle nuttiness.
2 year old crown: $2.95ea
Millenium
Millenium is an outstanding variety that is high yielding, long lived, cold hardy and adaptable to a wide range of soils. It has a mild, subtle and slightly sweeter taste, and lacks the grassiness usually associated with other green varieties.
2 year old crown: $2.95ea
Bluecrop
Hardy, upright form with large, showy white flower clusters that eventually turn into light blue berries that ripen mid summer. Berries are good for freezing, baking, preserving and fresh eating. Self pollinating.
Zone: 4
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $14.95
Duke
Hardy, upright form that blooms late in the spring, with fruit ripening early. Dainty, bell-shaped white flowers give way to medium sized, light blue berries that ripen in early summer. The berries are mildly sweet. Self pollinating, with best yields with cross-pollination.
Zone: 4
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $14.95
Northland
Mid-to-late season berry produces large quantities of medium dark blue fruit and wild berry flavour. Hybrid for sub-zero climates. Scarlet-red fall foliage on low spreading habit. Better yields with cross-pollination. Ripens after
Northblue.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $14.95
Northcountry
Wild flavoured, large, sweet, mid-late season blueberry. Better yields with cross-pollination. High yielding and recommended for commercial plantings. White blooms in spring and glossy green foliage turning red in fall add ornamental value.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $14.95
HONEYBERRY (Haskap) - Great addition to the prairie fruit palette. With flower buds than can
withstand -7C without damage, and ripe fruit by late June, they are truly
unique. The fruit features a blueberry-raspberry flavour and is rich in
antioxidants.
Aurora
Tall upright shrub features fruit that is larger and sweeter than others. Fruit has a pointed pear shape and matures in late June. Use ‘Borealis’ or ‘Honey Bee’ for cross pollination.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $22.95
Borealis
Dense, rounded shrub that produces sweet, tangy fruit in mid to late June.
Excellent form in the landscape as an edible ornamental. Recommended
pollinator for ‘Aurora’.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $12.95
Honey Bee
Tall, productive plant produces tart fruit that is suitable for wine-making.
Good pollinator for ‘Aurora’, ‘Borealis’ and ‘Tundra’.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $22.95
Berry Blue
Russian/Japanese hybrid. Great for growers, with large firm fruit and rated
the best for flavour. June harvest. Disease resistant.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 1 Quart
Price: $12.95
Black Jostaberry
A gooseberry and currant cross! The rich berry taste is reminiscent of gooseberry with a kiss of black currant. Deep-red, almost black fruit is high in Vitamin C and forms in large clusters. Ideal for juices, jams, jellies, and fresh-eating. Cold-hardy plants are long-lived, thornless, and productive once established.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $16.95
Black Currant ‘Crandall’
Prized for their distinctive flavour in juice, jam, jelly, pies and other desserts.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $16.95
Gooseberry ‘Pixwell’
A hardy northern fruit that is favourable for jams and tarts. Their distinctive sweet-sour flavour work well in pies as well.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $16.95
Goji Berry
Often consumed in their dehydrated form, a goji berry tastes a lot like a sour cranberry, with a nearly imperceptible sweetness. The texture of dried goji berries is a cross between a chewy craisin and a fleshy, dried apricot. Fresh goji berries are delicious raw, or in juices, jams and sauces.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $16.95
Gooseberry ‘Captivator’
A hardy northern fruit that is favourable for jams and tarts. Their distinctive sweet-sour flavour work well in pies as well.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $16.95
Red Currant ‘Red Lake’
Prized for their distinctive flavour in juice, jam, jelly, pies and other desserts.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $16.95
Cupid
A hardy deciduous hybrid shrub variety of dwarf cherry released in the Romance Series from the University of Saskatchewan. Cupid produces the largest fruit of all the dwarf cherries which is a dark red and is perfect for fresh eating. Although sour is in their name, they can be surprisingly sweet when harvested at the right stage of ripeness. Grows well as a bushy hedge as well as pruned into a single trunked tree.
Zone: 2
Size: 1Gallon
Price: $29.95
D’Artagnan
This dwarf sour cherry is closely related to the ‘Romance’ series. The
branches are shorter and more flexible, with more suckering. The fruit is
burgundy, sweet when harvested at the right stage. Self pollinating but cross
pollinates well with the romance series.
Zone 2
Size: 2 Gallon
Price: $39.95
Romeo
A hardy deciduous hybrid shrub variety of dwarf cherry released in the Romance Series from the University of Saskatchewan. Sweet enough for fresh eating, but with enough tartness to make perfect pies. Romeo Dwarf Cherry trees grow up to 6-8 ft tall, making it easy to prune and harvest. The juicy, deep crimson, flossy cherries have a complex, sweet-tart flavour and high flesh-to-pit ratio. Yeilding up to 25 lbs per tree.
Zone: 2
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $29.95
ELDERBERRY
Huge clusters of creamy white flowers in May that produce berries that are packed full of vitamins and antioxidants. Flowers and berries form on last years woody stems. Harvest berries in late summer. Prune in late winter. Self-pollinating.
Zone: 3
Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $
Viking
Developed in Eastern Europe, this ‘Superfruit’ has outstanding levels of
vitamins and anti-oxidants. Attractive white flowers in late spring give rise to
large clusters of black fruit.
Hardy to Zone 3
Container Size: 2 Gallon Price: $34.95
Firecracker & Dynamite
This berry is high in anti-oxidants and very popular. Easy to grow, self-
pollinating. Produces brilliant red-orange fruit. Late harvest.
$16.95
Horseradish
Horseradish is a perennial crop grown for its root, which can be grated or cut
for use in culinary dishes. It can reach heights up to 1.5m tall, and should be
harvested in the fall. Grows best in full sun, in moist, well draining soil.
$12.95
Nanking Cherry
One of the better ornamental and fruit shrubs because of the showy flowers in spring and fine flavoured fruit in July. The fruit makes wonderful jelly or can be used for fresh eating.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 2 Gallon
Price: $34.95
Black Nanking Cherry
Similar in plant habit and fruit size to the regular Nanking cherry, but requires cross-pollination by the red-fruited Nanking cherry. The dark purple fruit is an excellent choice for making jelly.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 2 Gallon
Price: $34.95
Pink Candles Nanking Cherry
Medium sized shrub that is covered in showy light pink flowers in early
spring before the leaves, followed by irresistibly sweet bright red berries.
Great for fresh eating, preserves and wine-making.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 2 Gallon
Price: $34.95
Everbearing Day Neutral: Lush plants that produce masses of fruit from June through September.
June-bearing: Lush plants that produce masses of fruit in June. Ideal for u-pick and short season areas.
Fort Laramie
This everbearing day neutral is very hardy, producing high yields of large sweet, deep red berries.
$6.00/10
Hecker
This everbearing day neutral produces all summer long, sweet, large bright red fruit, with runners bearing fruit. It is very hardy.
$6.00/10
Seascape
This everbearing day neutral is a vigorous virus resistant plant, that produces large crops of sweet, firm fruit.
$6.00/10
Honeoye
This June-bearing plant is early ripening, producing the sweetest berries. High production plant, producing berries in a cluster. Disease resistant.
$6.00/10
Natural White
This June-bearing plant produces white strawberries that taste like pineapples. Needs to be planted with a red variety for pollination.
$1.75/plant
Flamingo
This June-bearing, natural white strawberry hybrid is blushed with pink and tastes like a pineapple.
$1.75/plant
Cherryberry
This June-bearing strawberry produces dark red berries with a cherry flavour. It has a long fruiting season.
$6.95/plant
Raspyberry
This June-bearing variety produces deep red berries with a raspberry flavour. Long fruiting season.
$6.95/plant
Fall-bearing: Produces fruit on current seasons canes
Ever-bearing: Early summer & fall crops of berries. Produced on canes that come up each year. Mow canes to ground at the end of the season.
Summer-bearing: One crop of berries. Produced on last years canes, prune out fruiting canes at the end of season.
Fall Gold
Everbearing. Golden yellow medium sized sweet fruit that taste like the red varieties.
Price: $10.95/each
Heritage
Everbearing. Very hardy, produces high yields of large, sweet, deep red berries.
Price: $3.95/each
Boyne
Summer bearing. Medium sized red fruit with good flavour. Winter hardy.
Price: $3.95/each
Black
Summer bearing. Produces large, firm, sweet black berries. Hardy and very productive canes.
Price: 10.95/each
Double Delight
Fall bearing. Hardy, producing large fruit with a delicious, sweet tangy taste.
Price: $3.95/each
Souris
Summer bearing. An improved selection of ‘Boyne’ because it is better
tasting, a heavier producer of fruit and has improved resistance to spider
mites.
Price: $3.95/each
Red River
Fall bearing. Produces fruit that is slightly smaller than ‘Double Delight’. Has a cascading plant form, does not get taller than 3 ft.
Price: $3.95/each
Canada Red
Produces shorter, more slender stalks than other varieties, but is tender and very sweet and juicy, with great red colour.
2 Gallon Pot: $32.95
1 Gallon Pot: $18.95
German Wine
This variety produces an ample yield of plump, non-stringy, crimson stalks. It has bright red stalks and is known for having a great flavour profile: a balance between being sweet and tart.
2 Gallon Pot: $32.95
Honeywood
A selection that has large fruit of excellent quality. More frost resistant as it
flowers 4-8 days later than other cultivars. Mature height can reach 15 feet.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $22.95
Smoky
A large-fruited selection from Alberta, known for its excellent flavour and
yield.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $22.95
Thiessen
A columnar plant that produces a large fruit of outstanding quality. Uneven fruit ripening characteristics.
Hardy to Zone 2
Container Size: 1 Gallon
Price: $22.95
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