Ornamental Pepper (Capsicum annuum)

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htop San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 30, 2003

Common name: Ornamental Pepper
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
Species annuum

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/2689/

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imway2dumb Gordonville, TX(Zone 7b) Aug 05, 2004

How do they taste? :-) Sweet? Hot?

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htop San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 06, 2004

These are hot peppers. :o)

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Aug 07, 2004

Once, I had the brilliant idea of rubbing my eyes after manipulating one of those peppers.

Yes, these ornamental peppers are hot >.

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htop San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 19, 2004

IMonocromatico, I know what you mean! It is best to wear disposable gloves when handling them especially when collecting the seeds.

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kwatts2u Saint Pauls, NC Jun 18, 2007

this is the christmas pepper that i've been looking for. not all that i've seen have the purple fruit. can anyone help with seeds?

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htop San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 19, 2007

I do not think that I have seeds and my plants froze this winter when I forgot to put them in the greenhouse. I will check through my seed when I have time. If I find any, I will let you know.

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kwatts2u Saint Pauls, NC Jun 19, 2007

ty for taking the time to check.

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7jazzy0 Warner Robins, GA Jun 12, 2010

I think this is the same pepper plant that I had outside last year. It was beautiful. We had a hard freeze which killed it.

I planted another flower - a gerber - for the summer in the same soil and pot. To my amazement, I must have 100 little pepper plants coming up. It is evident that this plant does not reach maturity the first year; maybe even the second year. They appear to be slow growing.

I've been undecided as to how to proceed.

Should I remove the largest/strongest plants by gently pulling them up as you would spot tomatos, or gently dig up with a spoon to transplant.

Any help that can be offered will be appreciated. I really en;joyed this plant. I am so delighted that the seeds germinated.

Thanks!!!!

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htop San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 22, 2010

I would gently dig them up. I hope you have succes transplanting them.

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