Curated picks

Best Tomatoes for Containers and Small Spaces

You do not need a garden bed. You do not, strictly, need a garden. The varieties below stay small on purpose, from micro-dwarfs under a foot tall to compact dwarfs hauling full-sized fruit around on a knee-high plant. Give them a decent pot, a sunny spot, and steady water, and most will skip the stakes entirely.

1. 1Tiny 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 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 Nuggetcherry · open-pollinated · 56 days · earlyAn early golden cherry on a tidy determinate bush, a heavy early set in a pot.
6. 6Rosella 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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