Suggested Varieties for Organic Vegetable Container Gardening

Organic vegetables best suited for container gardening are those with a compact growth habit. Dwarf, determinate or bush varieties of larger vegetable plants such as peas, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, and cucumbers can be grown successfully in containers, but generally require either support, such as stakes or trellises, or appropriately-sized containers, or both. Special varieties of beets, carrots, and bush beans do better than others based on their ability to size up quickly, have a sweet flavor at a smaller size, or produce well under stress such as heat or shade.

We have selected varieties that will generally do well in containers, but feel free to use these as just a place to start.  With creative container sizes and shapes, vertical growing using trellises or alternative solutions to tight spaces, you may be able to grow just about anything that you would like to grow! For more information on Container Gardening, please see our blog post on Container Gardening.

If you are looking for any easy place to start, consider trying our Container Gardening Collection!


In these categories we have listed specific varieties that are best suited for container gardens:

Beans | Beets | Broccoli | Brussel Sprouts | Carrots | Corn | Cucumber | Eggplant | Full Size Lettuce |Peas | Pumpkins | Summer Squash | Tomatoes | Winter Squash |

Any of the varieties in these categories would be suitable for container gardens:

Salad Greens | Baby or Leaf Lettuce | Chard | Kale | most Herbs | Bunching Onions | Sweet Onions | Peppers | Kohlrabi | Radishes | Spinach | Turnips

Organic Beans - Suitable For Container Gardening Provider Snap Bush Bean Quick View Tavera Snap Bush Bean Quick View Strike Snap Bush Bean Quick View

Organic Beets - Suitable For Container Gardening Red Ace F1 Hybrid Beet Quick View Bull's Blood Beet Quick View Early Wonder Tall Top Beet Quick View Boro F1 Hybrid Beet Quick View Detroit Dark Red Beet Quick View

Organic Broccoli (Sprouting) - Suitable for Container Gardening Hon Tsai Tai Quick View Spring Raab Broccoli Raab Quick View Santee F1 Hybrid Sprouting Broccoli Quick View

Organic Carrots - Suitable For Container Gardening Scarlet Nantes Carrot Quick View Napoli F1 Hybrid Carrot Quick View Jeannette F1 Hybrid Carrot Quick View Danvers 126 Carrot Quick View Dragon Carrot Quick View Necoras F1 Hybrid Carrot Quick View Negovia F1 Carrot Quick View Red Cored Chantenay Carrot Quick View Yaya F1 Hybrid Carrot Quick View Yellowstone Carrot Quick View

Organic Corn - Suitable For Container Gardening Tom Thumb Popcorn Quick View

Organic Cucumbers - Suitable For Container Gardening Picolino F1 Hybrid Cucumber Quick View H-19 Little Leaf Cucumber Quick View

Organic Eggplants - Suitable For Container Gardening Black Beauty Eggplant Quick View Diamond Eggplant Quick View Falcon F1 Hybrid Eggplant Quick View Ping Tung Long Eggplant Quick View Listada di Gandia Eggplant Quick View

Organic Leeks - Suitable for Container Gardening Bandit Leek Quick View King Richard Leek Quick View Tadorna Leek Quick View Varna Leek Quick View

Organic Lettuce (Salad Mixes) - Suitable for Container Gardening High Mowing Mild Mustard Salad Mix Quick View Yankee Hardy Lettuce Mix Quick View Red Planet mix Quick View Beta Salad Mix Quick View Hotshot Spicy Mustard Mix Quick View High Mowing DMR Lettuce Mix Quick View High Mowing Mesclun Mix Quick View Gourmet Lettuce Mix Quick View

Organic Melons - Suitable For Container Gardening Ein Dor Melon Quick View Emerald Gem Melons Quick View Haogen Melon Quick View Rocky Ford Melon Quick View Arava F1 Hybrid Melon Quick View Hale's Best Melon Quick View Magnifienza F1 Hybrid Melon Quick View PMR Delicious 51 Melon Quick View

Organic Peas - Suitable For Container Gardening Laxton's Progress #9 Pea Quick View Sugar Daddy Snap Pea Quick View Dwarf Grey Sugar Snow Pea Quick View Cascadia Snap Pea Quick View Sugar Ann Snap Pea Quick View Mammoth Melting Snow Pea Quick View

Organic Pumpkins - Suitable For Container Gardening Baby Pam Pumpkin Quick View New England Pie Pumpkin Quick View Jack Be Little Pumpkin Quick View Kakai Hulless Pumpkin Quick View Black Futzu Pumpkin Quick View Jack Straw Pumpkin Quick View

Organic Summer Squash - Suitable For Container Gardening Midnight Lightning Zucchini Quick View Dunja F1 Summer Squash Quick View Success PM Straightneck Summer Squash Quick View

Organic Tomatoes - Suitable For Container Gardening Roma VF Paste Tomato Quick View Mountain Princess Tomato Quick View Rutgers Tomato Quick View Sunkist F1 Hybrid Tomato Quick View Medford Tomato Quick View Gold Nugget Tomato Quick View Bellstar Paste Tomato Quick View Green Tiger Tomato Quick View Pink Tiger Tomato Quick View

Organic Winter Squash - Suitable For Container Gardening Sweet REBA Acorn Squash Quick View Delicata Squash Quick View Sugar Dumpling F1 Hybrid Quick View