Below is a list of all the zone 2 plants on the site. Firstly, when we say “zones”, we go by what the extreme temperatures that we know each plant has faced and not what the average annual minimum temperature is for a given area, and then arbitrarily say that a plant matches that average. Growing trees and knowing their hardiness, as well as cultural practices we can engage in is already hard. Lots not make it harder. The best thing for you for now, until we release our own tool that shows minimum lows in an area, is to look at your climate history. See how cold your area has been. Missoula is a zone 5b according to the USDA. But we can see near -30F. Therefore, we say that we are zone 4a (-25F to -30F).
Starting with fruit trees and working your way down to fruit shrubs, then fruit vines, strawberries, and native trees/shrubs. Click each variety to take you to that variety’s page. Once there, you can read the description and add it to your cart (if you’d like!). To reiterate some of the notes below, there are a couple (namely that Trader Mulberry and the Siberian Peach) that are not zone 2 (we just don't know of anyone else growing them in zone 2), as we don't have that data. But we do think since they are the most cold hardy mulberry and peach, respectively, that we know of, then it may be interesting to grow experimentally. Please report back!
Fruit Trees
Apples
Bitterroot Pearmain (Seedlings) - Ships Fall 2024
Dolgo Crabapple - One of the best tasting crabapples
Kerr (seedlings) - Ships Fall 2024
Red Splendor Crabapple - Excellent for its blossoms. Good pollenizer for everything. Pollinator attractant.
Spartan Apple - Technically a zone 3 but I'm confident this should do well in zone 2.
Apricots
Morden 604 (Seedlings) - Ships Fall 2024
Westcot (Seedlings) - Ships Fall 2024
Dwarf Cherries
Juliet - these are hardy to near -50F! All of these dwarg cherries are crosses of Mongolian cherry and tart cherry developed out of the U. of Saskatchewan (the coldest pomological research breeding station in the world).
Romeo - also hardy to -50F, very good. These are either tart sweet cherries or sweet tart cherries,one of the two. Either way, good for eating off the tree.
Tart Cherries
Evan’s Bali Tart Cherry - This is a clone from the mother plant, unlike the seedlings below, which are not an exact genetic copy of the parent. The hardiest tart cherry of all!
Evan's Bali (Seedlings) - Ships Fall 2024
Mulberry
Trader Mulberry - Ships Fall 2024, this is perhaps the most cold hardy mulberry. The mother tree has survived zone 2 -44F temps so this could potentially work in that zone. It is however listed as zone 3, but if you’re going to try any in zone 2, this would be the only one to try.
Peach
Siberian Peach - This is another one that is listed as zone 3 on the site but given it is the most cold hardy peach in the world (that we know of), we are listing it here. You could give this a shot to experiment with. We know it has survived -35F, and 55 consecutive days below 0F. It might be on the cusp for you but if there is any peach you could experiment with at -40F, this one is it.
Pear
Bartlett - Has survived down to -41F
Plum
Nut Trees
Fruit Shrubs
Blueberries
Chippewa - Chippewa may be the most cold hardy blueberry one can find. It's capable of tolerating -40F or more and is the main blueberry cultivar grown up in the Canadian prairies. It comes with Brunswick in a bundle (3 Chippewa to 1 Brunswick), but we could swap out the Brunswick as blueberries are still partially self-fertile and you will get fruit set planting just the Chippewa. Just send us an email when you place your order that you’d like us to replace the Brunswick for another Chippewa.
Currants
Gooseberry
Honeyberry
Huckleberry
Wild Huckleberry - Finicky to grow. Soil conditions and shade must be perfect. Soil mycorrhizal must also be in balance. Grow if you're up for a challenge.
Red Raspberry
Nanking Bush Cherry
Grapes Vines
Valiant - The most cold hardy grape.
Strawberries
Honeoyo - Exceedingly cold hardy. Still mulch them before winter.
Native Plants
Native Trees - Everything on this page is a Zone 2 except the black Walnut and Oak (which are zone 3 and we are unsure if they could survive down to zone 2).
Native Shrubs - Everything on here is zone 2.