Christmas Pepper Plant

The ornamental pepper plant originates from south america.

Christmas pepper plant. The plant has green stems dark green leaves and white flowers. This small plant produces heavy yields of 1 long by wide hot peppers. Pendulum named for its distinct three sided shape resembling a bishop s crown. Ornamental pepper plants are a great way to bring color into your house during the winter.

Ornamental peper christmas pepper plant hot pepper chili pepper bell pepper. The christmas pepper plant is a chili pepper that can be grown as an indoor annual. A beautiful ornamental pepper plant suitable for containers. Although it produces flowers color white the fruits are the main attraction.

Toxic to cats and dogs. Although this variety can be found in barbados and is capsicum baccatum var. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about capsicum christmas pepper ornamental pepper capsicum annuum mixed hybrids noids supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles. A larger container that holds multiple plants or a mixed planting will be more successful outdoors while indoor pepper plants will tolerate smaller containers.

Pendulum it may be indigenous to south america. Avoid lower than. Christmas and ornamental pepper plant common. However make sure to keep an eye on any young children who may be attracted to the bright colors or berry like fruits of some varieties.

Today it is also grown in europe possibly brought there from brazil by. The bishop s crown christmas bell or joker s hat is a pepper a cultivar of the species capsicum baccatum var. After the fruits die they are usually discarded shortly afterward. The plant has relatively low sunlight requirements only needing about 2 4 hours daily in an east or west facing window and rewards its owners with a profusion of fruits in ripening shades ranging from pale green to yellow orange and red.

A 6 inch container is big enough to hold a pepper plant but remember that small containers also dry out faster. Grow upright have medium thin flesh and turn from creamy white to purple to yellow to orange to red when mature. The plant only bears fruit one time usually around autumn and winter. Capiscum annuum botanical scientific.

Though it can bear fruit in summer it is commonly sold around december. Cool temperatures from 55 f 13 c 65 f 18 c are ideal during the night and 70 f 21 c 80 f 26 c during the day. It is for this reason that many varieties have names like christmas pepper and poinsettia and holiday flame. From a gardener s standpoint ornamental peppers are one of the most fruitful annuals one could plant no pun intended.

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