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Lemon
This easy to grow tropical fruit is one of the best for containers. Just make sure you protect your lemons from frost or they’ll die. If you’re in frost prone areas then growing your lemons in containers means you can move them inside over the winter.
Almost all the lemon varieties are suitable to grow in containers. They grow best in a rich potting soil and thrive when fed twice monthly with Neptunes Organic liquid fertilizer.
Our favorite varieties are:
- Dwarf Meyer which grows sweet lemons
- Ponderosa Dwarf
- Cocktail tree which grows both lemons and key limes
Apple
Dwarf apple trees are one of the most popular container grown fruits in America. They produce huge crops of apples that taste 100x better than anything you’ll buy in the store.
When grown in a container and regularly fed with a well balanced fruit fertilizer you can easily grow 20 or more apples per plant. Apples will grow well on a balcony or even a small terrace.
Select self pollinated apple varieties if you’re only going to grow one or two plants. The best apple varieties for containers are:
- Fuji Semi Dwarf
- Red Delicious Semi Dwarf
- Yellow Delicious Semi Dwarf
- McIntosh
- Honey Crisp
Pomegranate Dwarf
- Russian (most frost tolerant)
- Wonderful which is the variety used in POMWonderful
One of the healthiest fruits you can eat. Pomegranates are incredibly easy to grow and will thrive even when neglected making them great for beginner gardeners. (More beginner gardening tips here).
Pomegranates have a shallow root system which makes them ideal for growing in containers. They are more cold hardy than citrus trees but still need to be protected from winter frosts if you want them to thrive.
Good varieties to grow include:
Nectarines
Readily available in dwarf varieties nectarines grow surprisingly well in containers. Their delicious fruits will be bursting with flavor and juices right at your doorstep. Grow them on your balcony or patio where you can easily protect them from pests.
If fruit flies, bats or other pests are active in your area then make sure you protect the fruits with a fruit net as soon as the fruits begin to grow.
These fruit salad varieties are our favorites for backyard gardeners. You’ll have different flavored fruits ripening over multiple months every year.
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