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Thanks for all the good ideas.  I need something drought tolerant, and 
not too big.  At the moment I'm leaning towards a calemondin or 
kumquat, because I know I can grow citrus indoors.  But some of the 
other ideas are intriguing.  Neither is great to eat (to my palate) but 
they make a nice relish and the flowers smell great.

Folks have suggested figs and peaches and persimmons and pomegranate, 
but don't they need a cold dormant period to thrive?  Of these, if I 
could grow a miniature peach or pomegranate, I would give it a try.  
Anyone know a source for a dwarf pomegranate?

I love the idea of passion flower.  The vine could grow up my cactus.  
:)  the one time I had a plant it died (lack of water) but that was 
when I was ten, who knows, I might do better now.  Alpine strawberries 
are small enough that I don't need to use up my "big" space for them.  
I will have to give them a try indoors and see what happens.  Hey - 
inside I wouldn't lose all the fruit to birds and chipmunks.  I think I 
have a good pot for that.

The Surinam Cherry looks intriguing.  I've never heard of a strawberry 
guava, either.

Thanks again.  I'll let you know what I get.

Ginda

On Jan 11, 2005, at 7:55 AM, Heron Breen wrote:

> Hi Ginda,
> I'm thinking Figs...yummmy indeed and very unique foliage. Up here in 
> Maine, we
> have one inside that does okay, probably better if we didn't ignore it 
> 8/9 of the
> year. It can go outside here in the summer. Our neglect causes it to 
> not produce
> much, but  a friend of mine in Mass takes very good care of his 10 or 
> more plants
> and gets a good batch every year. Ours has stayed small and cuddly, 
> but some of
> my friend's varieties get tall and he trellises them on a supportive 
> lattice.
> Another idea that might be interesting would be growing some of the 
> alpine
> strawberries or more tropical Rubus species types. How about Passion 
> Flower?
> Avacados can do very well inside, and I have even seen very dwarf 
> bananas making
> fruit. Pomegranate can do it too. If I had a green indoor thumb (which 
> I do not)
> Pomegranate would be my dream.
> Let us know what you decide, and whether it works!
> Heron Breen
> zone 4 Maine
>
> On Mon Jan 10 21:43 , list@ginda.us sent:
>
> > I have room for one more medium-sized plant in my bay window, and I'm
> > looking for suggestions.  (Fruity suggestions, of course.)  The window
> > has an eastern exposure, and gets full morning sun when the oak leaves
> > are down, but only filtered sun in the summer.  It also has a bank of
> > fluorescent lights on a timer year-round.
> >
> > My meyers lemon does well here in the winter, but goes outside in the
> > summer.  Ideally, I'd prefer a plant that could stay in the window all
> > year, although taking out in the summer is a possibility.  The pot
> > could be a gallon or two, and I'd prefer the plant to be no more than 
> > a
> > couple of feet high.  (A foot of pot and two feet of plant would be
> > perfect.)  Another citrus would be fun, if anything fits the bill.  I
> > was looking with interest at the dwarf citrus offered by Stark.  But 
> > it
> > doesn't need to be citrus, just a dual purpose ornamental/edible.  Any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ginda Fisher
> > eastern Mass., zone 6
> >
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