Container Plantings
Many fruit varieties are perfect for growing in containers.
Fruit trees in containers:
allow fruit to be grown
in settings where growing in the ground is not an option.
Although our backyard is pretty large, due to a utility easement we have a very limited planting area (the city has the right to cut down anything within 6 feet of the power line, which includes most of our backyard). So, we've gone to a mostly-container garden, although we did risk a grafted low-chill apple combo tree (we're in Florida, and only get about 450 chill hours) next to our grape vine trellis. (click here to see the apple in the background)
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photo courtesy of Rachel Anderson - - - Click here to see her apple at the end of the yard
To supplement our fruit, we've planted herbs in the containers with trees - the variegated lemon tree, for example, has a pepper plant in the base. The tree with no leaves is a combo Asian pear (probably from Dave Wilson stock, since it came from Raintree Nursery via mail), and around it are a baby pomegranate and a couple of new huckleberry bushes). The citrus trees are from Just Fruits & Exotics Nursery in Florida.
photo courtesy of Christie Colla
photo courtesy of Christie Colla
photo courtesy of Brian Leu
photo courtesy of Brian Leu
photo courtesy of Brian Leu
photo courtesy of Steve Bennet
photo courtesy of Carla Johansen
photo courtesy of Yakima Belle
photo courtesy of Yakima Belle
