Dwarf fruit trees you can grow in small gardens
Nov14,2023
The 'Cameron Select' dwarf apple tree is a popular choice for home gardeners and also is resistant to fire blight
Apple trees
A good cherry tree (Prunus avium) for backyard growers is the semi-dwarf 'Stella' cherry tree that uses a Colt rootstock.
Cherry trees
'Belle of Georgia' matures at eight to ten feet with fruit that is firm, sweet, and juicy. This variety is self-pollinating.
Peach trees
An example of a dwarf plum tree cultivar is the 'Johnson' plum (Prunus domestica).
Plum trees
Bananas do not actually grow on trees. The plants are herbaceous with a perennial rootstock, which means they are cut back to the ground each year after harvest then sprout again the following year.
Banana trees
Fig trees are fairly easy to grow. They have attractive foliage and produce small green fruits that darken when ripe.
Fig trees
The pomegranate is a deciduous plant that can be referred to as being a tree or as a shrub because specimens range from three feet tall and bush-like to 20 to 30 feet tall and more tree-like.
Pomegranate trees
One of these varieties is the 'Garden Prince' almond, a semi-dwarf tree maturing at 10 to 12 feet tall. The tree is self-fertile and with judicious pruning can be kept as small as eight feet.