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title: "I would love to plant a fruit tree in a container on my deck. Is…"
description: "I would love to plant a fruit tree in a container on my deck. Is there a tree that will thrive in a container and survive a Zone 6 winter; I don’t have the…"
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# I would love to plant a fruit tree in a container on my deck. Is…

_Posted by Nikki on 2025-11-12_

I would love to plant a fruit tree in a container on my deck. Is there a tree that will thrive in a container and survive a Zone 6 winter; I don’t have the ability to move it inside.

## 6 comments

### Snowstorm commented on 2025-11-12

Zone 6B here! Hello neighbour! 👋 I don’t know anything that will survive our winter outside off the top of my head. If you do get something and can’t bring it into a shed/garage then you’d need to wrap the plant in burlap/plant fabric and really protect the roots and soil extremely well. (Esp if we get snow again like we got last year! 🥶)

#### Nikki replied on 2025-11-13

I actually have a lilac in a huge pot. I plated it last year and it survived last winter. It did pretty well. I was sick then and didn’t even protect it; I was hoping some tree can make it too haha

#### Snowstorm replied on 2025-11-13

Nice! Glad your lilac survived, esp with that killer amt of snow we had. Our street had piles 6’ tall!

I didn’t know you could do lilac in a pot, I’ve always wanted one but thought they needed to be in the ground.

### Ryan commented on 2025-11-12

You could do strawberries

#### Nikki replied on 2025-11-13

I’m learning how to grow them. Have a window box but they grew so tiny lol

### Burgalicious commented on 2025-12-23

I bought a baby pomegranate tree earlier this year that is outside in zone 7b. It’s supposed to be good down to -5 degrees F.

I also have a new brown turkey fig that’s frost tolerant to 20 degrees.

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