I'm getting my greenhouse up and running and want to get some dwarf citrus to grow in containers. My greenhouse will be heated in the winter. I plan on moving them out of the greenhouse in the summer.
Here's what I have in mind:
Meyer Lemon - from what I've read they're pretty easy and taste great.
Moro Blood Orange - I really want a blood orange - just think they're so cool - is this a good variety - tasty and fairly hardy?
Grapefruit - which variety would be best?
Satsuma or Kumquat - don't know anything about them. Have never eaten them, but they sound interesting. Which would be yummier to eat? What do they each taste like? Are there any particular varieties you'd recommend?
Dwarf fig - not a citrus, but I want one of those too.

Do any of these seem like a bad idea for a citrus beginner? Any other recommendations or variety suggestions?

I'm not aware of any citrus variety that is really dwarf. You can get them budded onto Flying Dragon and it takes longer for them to grow large, but eventually they will.

I'm not sure of the blood orange, but from what I've read they're kind of particular about the climate they want to produce any real intensity of color. It's been discussed here on the board before so it shouldn't be too hard to find. I know that here in Florida they don't usually make the color that they do in California. An alternative might be the Cara Cara navel. Not a dark color, but not so particular about climate either.

Grapefruit trees eventually grow to be quite large. Judicious pruning could probably ease that somewhat, but in my opinion they're not great greenhouse trees unless you have a big structure.

Meyer lemon seems to have more problems as a container tree than any other variety that I know of. I'm not sure if this is because so many people grow them that they are discussed out of proportion to their actual number of problems per tree or if it's because they are just hard to do well in containers. Real lemons such as the Eureka or Lisbon are easy to grow and I have several of each. Limes such as the Tahiti (Persian) and Keys are easy as well so long as you don't let them freeze. Very prolific bearers.

Satsumas/tangerines/mandarins and clementines of just about any type should be easy to grow. Just make sure you get a variety that does not have to be cross-pollinated by a different variety such as some tangelos.

Kumquats should be pretty easy as well and they don't grow very fast. Meiwas are best (in my opinion) for eating fresh out of hand, but Nagamis make better marmalade.

Figs should be pretty easy. I've only done a few, but they grew well. In fact they do better in containers for me than the ones I plant in the ground.

.....Alan.

Most any citrus tree will be "dwarf" when grown in a container. Because containers limit the size of the tree's roots, the tree will naturally dwarf. Moro Blood oranges, turn red when they are grown cool. My wife does not like Blood Oranges. So I have a Moro Blood orange in the greenhouse that I grow at elevated temperatures, causing the pulp to remain orange. Actually, when I pick them and bring them into the house, my wife does not know they are Moros. - Millet (1,049-)

Actually, I'd planned on buying ones that were grafted to be dwarf on Flying Dragon rootstock. I'd read that they are usually the better option with containers.

Trees on Flying Dragon do quite well in containers. - Millet (1,047-)

What about others (standard) poncirus as rootstock in containers?