Fruit Tree
A Growing Dome can open the door to fruit trees and larger fruiting plants that may not thrive outdoors in your climate. With protected growing conditions, generous interior height, and the temperature-stabilizing effect of the above-ground pond, dome gardeners can grow citrus, figs, avocados, guava, bananas, and other productive plants.
Explore practical articles on choosing fruit trees for your greenhouse, placing trees inside a dome, caring for citrus and tropical plants through winter, managing pruning and pollination, and learning from Growing Dome owners who are growing fruit in unexpected places.
Growing a Pawpaw Tree Way Down Yonder in a Greenhouse
August 21, 2026
Pawpaw trees bring an unexpected taste of the tropics to a temperate garden. Learn how to plant and care for pawpaw trees in a greenhouse, from choosing the right location and protecting young trees from intense sun to pollination, pruning, and harvesting the custard-like fruit.
Growing Delicious Mandarins in Your Greenhouse
June 22, 2026
Learn how to grow mandarin oranges in a greenhouse or Growing Dome, including where to plant your tree, how to care for it through winter, and what it needs for sunlight, watering, pollination, pruning, pests, and harvesting
Growing Tropical Plants in a Greenhouse Where Snow and Desert Meet
December 19, 2025
Growing tropical plants in a greenhouse is possible in the high desert. See how one grower creates year-round abundance.
Growing Tropical Paradise in Idaho: Bill George’s Innovative Dome Greenhouse
January 27, 2025
In Nampa, Idaho, an unexpected tropical oasis thrives in a 26-foot Growing Dome during the depths of December. A passionate horticulturist grows exotic fruits
Holy Guacamole! How To Grow an Avocado Tree in a Greenhouse
April 5, 2024
Learn how to successfully grow an avocado tree, or two, in your dome greenhouse. Enjoy fresh, dome grown avocados!
Growing Lemons is Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
February 5, 2024
When Your Growing Dome Gives You Meyer Lemons, Make Lemonade! Jump to: Growing Lemons, Best Location for Lemon Trees in a Dome, Planting Your Lemon Tree, Companion Plants, Lemon Tree Care, Managing Pests, Harvesting, Pruning, History and Trivia, Health Benefits of Lemons Genus: Citrus x limon ‘Meyer’ Common Name: Meyer’s Lemon …
Fruit Trees and Fruiting Plants You Can Grow in a Greenhouse
February 5, 2024
Imagine a transition from a quiet, snow-covered backyard into a warm and bustling greenhouse. This is not just any greenhouse, but a Growing Dome, where the harshness of the outside world is replaced by a lush, fruit-bearing oasis. The air is fragrant with Meyer lemons, and the soothing sound of a waterfall from an above-ground pond completes the ambiance. In this realm, greenhouse gardening is limited only by your imagination. Over recent months, we've explored a variety of fruit bearing plants ideal for greenhouse cultivation. Now, we present them to you in a concise, easy-to-access guide.
Peeling Back the Secrets of Growing Bananas
January 2, 2024
Learn how to grow bananas in a greenhouse or Growing Dome, including heat, humidity, planting tips, cold-climate considerations, and harvesting advice.
How to Plant, Care, and Harvest Guava In a Greenhouse
November 30, 2023
Guava trees are found in tropical and subtropical regions where there is a hot and humid climate. They do not tolerate frost at all, however, if you live in a cooler climate you can grow guava in a greenhouse or in your home!
September Plant of the Month the Incredible, Edible, Fig
September 19, 2022
What The Fig? Check out our article: How to Grow Figs in a Greenhouse! If you are like the majority of people, you may not be acquainted with the fig except for maybe a fig newton or perhaps used as a prehistoric fig leaf loin cloth in the days before underwear. All joking aside figs…
How to Grow Fruit Trees in a Greenhouse
April 17, 2021
Fruit trees can be a healthy addition to most dome greenhouse gardens above zone 3. They provide fresh fruit and shade in the summer with the bonus of attracting pollinators when flowering. Understanding a plant’s natural environment (tropical, subtropical, or temperate to continental) and how to stimulate it will help you grow a wide variety of plants from fruit trees to shrubs, which will give you more confidence in your dome gardening adventure.
How To Grow Fig Trees In Your Greenhouse
February 17, 2021
Fig trees are one of the best ways to achieve summer shade and stabilized temperatures in your Growing Dome Greenhouse. They are forgiving in depleted dry soil conditions, extreme heat or cold, and inadequate ventilation conditions. Fig trees are relatively disease and pest resistant. They produce broad leaves at the perfect time in the spring to provide natural shade for your plants and lose them just in time for fall when you need more sun. Figs thrive in full sun and make delicious fruit. It is hard to imagine a better fruit tree for dome greenhouse growing.
Unlocking Paradise: Tropical Greenhouse in a Cold Climate
December 2, 2020
When most people think of a tropical getaway, they imagine it on a beach in the Bahamas or a bungalow in the Caribbean. You would never imagine such a lush tropical place to exist in a greenhouse in New York unless you are the students of Homestead School, that is.