Something edible and fast growing...gotta be Malabar spinach.
Rich fertile soil in a pot, and it grows fast.
It will die out by winter, and reseed itself come spring.
Pretty flowering vine too.
Sounds like you're feeling like gardening already.
Nice.

Sorry treefroggy...ICK! I was thinking fruit or berries, NOT popeye food. LOL
I want something evergreen too if I can find it.

BUMP....anyone else have any thoughts??

OK Last attempt...I AM BEGGING YOU FOR SUGGESTIONS!! This weekend, the planter gets stripped and will be empty until I can figure out what will work.

Hey, if ya ain't doing anything, come on over and help me shop for a vine, plant, small tree, Giant Gnome........

Green beans? Cannas?

Think I'd opt for the Giant Gnome. ...you never know what one of 'those' might do for your yard! :) You've got a lotta 'requests' with this one...edible, evergreen, vining...flowers... Hope you find just the right thing! When you do, let me know - no doubt I'll want a cutting!

Can't think of edible vines, but I love confederate Jasmine- quick growth, nice fragrance if you can leave windows open while cooking...
Passionflower, grows quickly, some fruits are edible, I have a hard time controlling those fellas....

How about coral honeysuckle. Or something else red to attract hummers. There's Cardinal vine also. I've not had great luck attracting them so maybe someone else can comment.

Edible would be a climbing bean that you can eat. They also attract skipper BF's. Red-podded beans are easier to pick because they are more visible.

Allamanda,mandeville, small citrus trees, other dwarf trees,muscadine grapes, thornless bpsenberry, Florida select elderberry just to name a few. Linda

Ya know, Linda, You may have something there...maybe some fruits would be good I can always include a small viney plant to the back to grow up the trellis...thanks everyone.

Sambac, the area is already ovre run with Passies...thanks tho!

OK Where's lisa...what's my dwarf fruit tree choice. Has to be something common that I will like NOT some weird berry...lol

also Lisa-you going to Rickys? You want me to try to start another blackberry for ya?

Cindee, here are a few citrus trees to get you started and are conducive to containers. Citrus is very conducive to containers because of their fiberous roots.

CHINOTTO ORANGE As cold hardy as a satsuma and extremely ornamental. Beautiful, fine textured, small pointed leaves closely spaced on a dense dwarf tree. Spring brings millions of sweetly scented blossoms after which the trees turn a solid orange color with tight clusters of medium sized oranges. The fruit is very juicy and tangy. Makes a delicious orange juice. Used in Spain to make candied oranges. Self-fertile. Zones 8A-10

MID SWEET ORANGE A sweet orange close to the pineapple orange. Medium sized and holds well on the tree-- a great dooryard fruit! Self fertile. Zones 8BB-10.

SWEET DREAMS ORANGE Sweet Dreams is a sport of Valencia, and much resembles its very popular parent in quality and size, as well as ripening time (Feb. thru June). However, Sweet Dreams is dressed to impress, being stunningly variegated, with stripes of creamy white highlighting both the foliage and the fruit. Because of its late ripening, we consider this one to be a container citrus here in our zone. Self fertile. Zones 9-10

SWEET LULANA LEMON Make your own PINK lemonade. The highly unusual foliage is splashed with white and green. Fruit looks like striped watermelon when it's immature. Skin turns yellow when ripe. Flesh and juice are pink. Container grown in nothern climates. Self fertile. Zones 9-10.

FINGER LIMES Very unusual, ancient form of citrus. Slow growing dwarf trees with tiny, densly packed leaves. Fruit is banana-shaped. To harvest, split the pods open. Out spring hundreds of tiny lime juice-filled bubbles. They separate easily and are fantastic spinkled in salads, pie or cocktails. Self-fertile. Zones 9-10

LIMEQUAT Cold hardy limes! Limequats are derived from breeding the Mexican Lime with the cold hardy kumquat. The results are a thin-skinned lime, very much in flavor and character of a Florida Key Lime. The highly productive trees bear limes year round. They make one of the finest container plants for the patio gardener. Self fertile. Zones 8B-10

RANGPUR LIME Super cold hardy limes! Small, compact trees produce beautiful red-fleshed limes much like Key Limes in size and flavor. Self fertile. Zones 8B-10.

RED LIME Super cold hardy limes (even a little better than Rangpur)! Small, compact trees produce beautiful red-fleshed limes much like Key Limes in size and flavor. This is a rare find. Self fertile. Zones 8A-10.

MARUMI KUMQUAT Small, thin-skinned orange kumquat on a on a rounded, small tree. Juicy, tangy fruit that sweetens up after frost. A little known variety, back for the first time in several years. Self fertile. Zones 8A-10.

NAGAMI KUMQUAT Long and oval shaped, a fruit of a light golden color. Tree habit is identical to the Meiwa variety, lush and compact. This variety is most prized for the beauty of the fruit and the delicious preserves and marmalades made from it. Kumquats make beautiful low hedges or container plants. Self-fertile. Self fertile. Zones 8A-10

NIPPON ORANGEQUAT Orangequats are a hybrid between oranges and kumquats. They are eaten in the same way as a kumquat (skin and all). Orangequats are larger, with a thick, tender sweet skin and a juicy, sour center. The trees are extremely cold hardy and small, making them an ideal container or hedge plant. Self fertile. Zones 8A-10.

THOMASVILLE CITRANGEQUAT Developed around the turn of the century to satisfy the lust for citrus further north, it's one of the most cold hardy of all, even more so than kumquats: down to at least 10F. Beautiful tear-drop shaped fruits are highly ornamental and stay looking pretty on the tree for a very long time. Juicy and tart, they're delicious as a lime substitute (make ceviche!) or marmalade (make toast!). Self fertile. Zones 8A-10.

BUDD BLOOD ORANGE This variety was bred in Florida, and bears well in our humid climate. Fresh squeezed juice is blood red in color, with a strawberry-orange flavor. Ripens earlier than other varieties of blood oranges. Self-fertile. Self fertile. Zones 9-10.

Wow that's quite a list Linda. Where would one find a SWEET LULANA LEMON? That sure sounds yummy!

why not just get a simple plain patio key lime, it looks great, it grows without problems and gives fruit for those yummy pies, margaritas, Mex. dishes... and don't forget, a slice of it makes your beer taste really good

Hi
Sweet lulana lemon. Would this be the type being sold at both HD and Walmart?? Label says "pink lemon" Leaves are white and green larger than average citrus.
Love shopping at these places the labels are a wealth of info. Some said "Citrus " Gee that narrows it down to a few hundred kinds lol It is more informative than "6 inch tropical "I will admit lol.
gary

From my favorite nursery in the panhandle. Link beow and you can also find them at other nurseries but i trust this one.

Here is a link that might be useful: Link

Hi Cindee...
What about one of Tony's Weeping Mulberries? You can check with Tony to make sure but I think they can take a hard pruning as needed to keep the right height.