Curated picks

Best Tomatoes for Containers and Small Spaces

You do not need a bed to grow tomatoes. The varieties below stay small on purpose, from micro-dwarfs under a foot tall to compact dwarfs that carry full-sized fruit on a knee-high plant. They want a decent pot, sun, and steady water, and most need no staking at all.

  1. 1Tiny TimTiny Timdwarf · open-pollinated · 60 days · earlyA classic dwarf cherry, 8 to 16 inches tall, happy in a small pot or on a windowsill.
  2. 2Orange HatOrange Hatdwarf · open-pollinated · 60 days · earlyA true micro-dwarf under a foot tall, sweet orange cherries, even grows indoors under lights.
  3. 3Red Robindwarf · open-pollinated · 55 days · earlyA micro-dwarf of 8 to 12 inches, bright red cherries, the smallest plant in the catalogue.
  4. 4Patiodwarf · hybrid · 68 days · earlyA compact hybrid bred for containers, carrying full 3 to 4 oz slicing fruit on a two-foot bush.
  5. 5Gold NuggetGold Nuggetcherry · open-pollinated · 56 days · earlyAn early golden cherry on a tidy determinate bush, a heavy early set in a pot.
  6. 6Rosella PurpleRosella Purpledwarf · open-pollinated · 80 days · midA dwarf with a dusky-purple flavor that rivals the big heirlooms, on a three-foot plant.
  7. 7Tasmanian Chocolatedwarf · open-pollinated · 75 days · midA compact dwarf carrying full-sized brown slicing fruit with little or no staking.
  8. 8Rosella Crimsondwarf · open-pollinated · 70 days · midA prolific crimson-pink dwarf with full 4 to 12 oz fruit, container-sized and well flavored.

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