A fig would do well in your pot. Some of the smallish varieties I would recommend are Celeste, Black Jack, Violette De Bordeaux. I have figs in pots and they are healthy and produce good fruit. However, you may have to prune the roots every few years. Removing a large plant from a terra cota pot may be tricky and unforgiving (may break). A pomegranite may work in your pot also. I believe some ornamental types are dwarfs. Maybe someone else has experience with this potted fruit tree.

Thanks longbeachin!

I appreciate your list of specific varieties of figs. I'm very interested in getting a fruiting variety and I've only seen the ornamental pomegranates in a dwarf form. Too bad. I love the fruit and the orange flowers a beautiful too. But I would also be happy with a fig.

Should I wait until fall to plant?

BettyN

Plant now, if you're tree is available. Good luck.

Here's a couple of photos of my potted Celeste Fig tree.

Here is a link that might be useful:

The dwarf Pomegranate makes a very beautiful pot plant and is often used for Bonsai, however it does not bear edible fruit. Longbeach' advice is very good. When potting in a large clay pot be sure it is tapered if you will be removing the plant for periodic root pruning, as a pot with straight sides is nearly impossible when it becomes root bound to remove the plant. Al

Hello all. Question: There is a fig tree bearing purple fruit near my place of employment ( Bellflower, Calif). I would like to cut a small branch and "stick it" into a pot of soil. Do I need to allow the end to seal/scab over?, if so, for how long? I seem to remember my grandmother placing a just cut stick into the ground, and voila! Any advice would be nice.

I have started many figs from dormant cuttings without any scab forming first. Have never tried cuttings taken in the summer. Al