What is the prettiest, most ornamental pepper in your opinion?
Some of my own ornamentals
by Chilisopher
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Chilisopher
I was about to write more but accidentally posted it before finishing, whoops 😅
A very sweet old lady I know saw my purple tiger pepper the other day and she was amazed, I promised to give her seeds when I get my first harvest and now I am thinking of gifting her more variety. I was just wondering what some of your favourite peppers are in terms of looks, talking more about the plant rather than the fruit but the latter would count too!
Edit: Also nothing above 1 million scovilles please, she loves heat as she grows her own hot peppers but I do not want to shower the poor woman in capsaicin!
Pickles blood is my current favorite both pods and leaves have heavy variegation
deepinthesoil
Tricolor Variegata has been my go-to ornamental showstopper for the last few years. Any of the mutant peppers with the thin, strap-like leaves also make great ornamentals in mixed planters.
SFplantie
I love the fancy hat that NuMex April Fool’s is sporting right now. He grows indoors under lights but he really puts his heart into his fashion. I’m growing it for the peppers but I haven’t tasted them yet. But the plant sure is cute!
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I was about to write more but accidentally posted it before finishing, whoops 😅
A very sweet old lady I know saw my purple tiger pepper the other day and she was amazed, I promised to give her seeds when I get my first harvest and now I am thinking of gifting her more variety. I was just wondering what some of your favourite peppers are in terms of looks, talking more about the plant rather than the fruit but the latter would count too!
Edit: Also nothing above 1 million scovilles please, she loves heat as she grows her own hot peppers but I do not want to shower the poor woman in capsaicin!
https://preview.redd.it/rym0ksvyed3f1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdb81ba03374df8066cb4b9032b17000aec560a3
Pickles blood is my current favorite both pods and leaves have heavy variegation
Tricolor Variegata has been my go-to ornamental showstopper for the last few years. Any of the mutant peppers with the thin, strap-like leaves also make great ornamentals in mixed planters.
I love the fancy hat that NuMex April Fool’s is sporting right now. He grows indoors under lights but he really puts his heart into his fashion. I’m growing it for the peppers but I haven’t tasted them yet. But the plant sure is cute!
NuMex April Fool’s .
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Sorry the photo didn’t load last time !
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Purple UFO was pretty neat.
Is that wild purple Guatemala?
I absolutely loved the chinese 5 colors. They also make for some super tasty powder when dried!
I’m recently partial to “Daybreaker” this season, with both variegation and purple foliage and flowers.
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Chinese 5 or Mexican Pequin’s. I turned both into Bonchi’s that I keep indoors all year!
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