Some of the fruit trees listed here will even yield edible produce when grown in containers.
Dwarf fruit trees also add interest to the landscape and often scent a yard with fragrant blooms.
Before making a purchase, confirm with your grower or vendor if the tree or shrub is self-fertile.
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A small garden might not have room for two fruit trees.
‘Cameron Select’ is a dwarf variety of the popular Honeycrisp apple.
This small tree grows to eight to ten feet inUSDA plant hardiness zones3 to 6.
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Bright red fruits ripen in September with white flesh that is sweet, crispy, and juicy.
‘Cameron Select’ requires a second apple tree of a different variety to achieve pollination.
Look for a variety with some disease resistance.
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The Stella series, unlike most cherry trees, is self-pollinating.
Reaching ten feet at maturity, this small tree producesdark red, sweet fruit.
Cherries grow best in USDA Zones 5 to 9.
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Peach Trees
Nothing says summer like biting into a ripe juicy peach.
This variety is self-pollinating.
It is hardy in USDA zones 5 through 9 and typically reaches a height of 1ten feet.
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‘Johnson’ has red skin and sweet red flesh.
It requires a second plum tree of a different variety for pollination.
Many varieties of dwarf plum trees, including shrubs, bearedible fruit.
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In colder climates, grow the beach plum (Prunus maritima), which is hardy to zone 3.
The beach plum is a six-foot bush that inhabits the sand dunes along the Atlantic Ocean.
Banana Trees
Bananas do not actually grow on trees.
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There are small banana plants (Musa spp.)
suited to small yards.
The fruit is small at just three to six inches long but is sweet like its bigger cousins.
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The largetropical leaveslend interest to the landscape and can be grown in pots indoors.
Banana plants are self-pollinating.
Meyer lemon trees grow four to six tall and are self-pollinating with fragrantwhite flowers.
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However, move them indoors during the colder months.
The fruit came first.
Fig Trees
Fig trees are fairly easy to grow.
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They have attractive foliage and produce small green fruits that darken when ripe.
‘Celestial’ is a small to medium variety bearing small sweet fruits.
This variety grows up to ten feet tall but responds well to pruning if a smaller plant is desired.
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They are hardy outdoors all year in USDA zones 8 through 11.
Fig trees grow especially well in containers because the roots do best in a tight space.
Keep this in mind if you think it’s time to repot your fig tree.
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They are self-pollinating and are hardy in USDA hardiness zones 7 to 10.
The word pomegranate means “seeded apple” in Latin.
Early Romans observed that the fruit looked like an apple from the outside but had many seeds inside.
The tree is self-fertile and withjudicious pruningcan be kept as small as eight feet.
Almonds ripen in late September and early October.
Regardless of your end goal, a fruit tree will always add beauty and interest to your landscape.
Dwarf varieties that grow eight to 10 feet tall will need eight feet of space between them.
One of the easiest fruit trees to grow is the Meyer lemon.
Meyer lemons are “self-pollinating,” which means you don’t need a second tree to bear fruit.
All fruit trees can grow together.
It’s best to raise those with the same water, sunlight, and care requirements.
