11 Fruit Trees That Grow In Extreme Cold (That Nobody Plants)

Опубликовано: 14 Июнь 2026
на канале: Backyard Roots
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Think your backyard is too cold to grow fruit? Think again. In this video, we reveal 11 forgotten cold hardy fruit trees and berry bushes that can survive brutal winters, poor soil, wind, frost, and neglect while still producing real food year after year.

Most nurseries keep selling the same fragile fruit trees that fail in northern gardens. But plants like haskap honeyberry, serviceberry, Siberian crabapple, sea buckthorn, Russian mulberry, elderberry, aronia, gooseberry, Nanking cherry, American plum, and cold hardy pear prove that cold climate gardening is not impossible. You just need the right plants.

These are the kinds of forgotten plants used by homesteaders, Indigenous communities, northern growers, and old-world gardeners long before modern supermarkets convinced people that food only comes from a store.

Whether you are interested in food security, survival gardening, permaculture, backyard orchards, ancient agriculture, vegetable gardening, or simple low maintenance gardening tips, this video will show you cold hardy plants that deserve a place in your garden.

Tell us in the comments: What growing zone are you in, and which fruit tree would you plant first?

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