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To decorate your window sill, give your home coziness, and give your dishes a sharp touch, you should plant a decorative pepper. Its predecessor is the Mexican pepper “Capsicum annuum”. If you provide the plant with optimal conditions, it will bear fruit throughout the year. There are many varieties of ornamental peppers – edible or not, you can read about them below.
Edible red peppers
Hot peppers come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. When choosing seeds in a store, you should pay attention to whether the fruits are edible.
The following are some of the varieties that are suitable for consumption.
Small miracle
One of the early maturing varieties. The plant bears beautiful and edible fruits of a slightly elongated shape. Due to the pungency of these peppers, they are used as a seasoning or for preservation along with other vegetables.
The bush reaches a height of 50-80 cm. It has the shape of a dome. The fruits change their color as they ripen: first, the skin turns purple from green, then it turns yellow, turns orange and, finally, red.
Medusa
This variety produces thin, elongated fruits. At first they grow white, yellow or orange, as they mature they turn red. This decorative pepper grows up to 5 cm in length. It has a pleasant taste, a little sharpness. The fruits will be a savory seasoning for homemade dishes.
The plant forms a small bush – only 20-25 cm tall, 15 cm wide. Together with thin peppers, it really resembles a jellyfish with short tentacles.
Twinkle
This is a variety of ornamental pepper for growing at home, the first fruits ripen 115-120 days after seed germination. Brings bright red elongated peppers weighing about 45 grams. The fruits are relatively large for a houseplant, the skin is smooth. Peppers have a classic spicy taste. The plant gives a not very large, branched bush.
Aladdin
Refers to ultra-early varieties. At home, the bush grows up to 35-40 cm high, when planted in open ground it is slightly larger – up to 50 cm. The variety is characterized by abundant fruiting, and over a long period. The fruits initially grow green, as they ripen, the skin becomes yellowish or purple, and red when ripe.
Peppers have an oblong shape in the form of a cone, a pleasant aroma and a pronounced sharpness. When grown at home, the fruits are not so bitter, but in general this does not affect fruiting.
Phoenix
Mid-early variety, the crop ripens within 95-108 days. It bears cone-shaped fruits, their length is 3-4 cm. As they ripen, their color changes from green to yellowish, then to red. This ornamental pepper is suitable for eating.
The plant is highly ornamental. Forms a bush up to 35 cm high, spherical in shape. It is often grown at home and used for design. The bush bears fruit for a long time. Peppers can be used as a seasoning, as well as for canning or drying.
Firework
This perennial forms a bush 20 cm high, rounded. Peppers grow in the form of a cone with a sharp tip, the skin is smooth or slightly ribbed. The fruits have a burning taste, are used for direct consumption, as a spice or for canning. As the pepper ripens, the color changes from dark green to orange. They have a strong aroma.
This variety is often planted for design. The bush grows in the correct form, it does not need to be cut. The mass of the fruit is on average 6 g, the walls are 1 mm thick.
Explosive Ember
The plant forms a bush up to 30 cm high. Peppers are distinguished by pronounced pungency, as they ripen, their color changes from purple to cream, pink and scarlet. The length of the fruits is up to 2,5 cm, they ripen 115-120 days after the pepper seeds sprout. A distinctive feature of this plant is the leaves of a dark purple color.
Bell
A variety of berry pepper, the fruits are shaped like a bell or a miniature squash. The walls of the pepper have a sweetish taste, the white core with seeds is sharp. The weight of one fruit reaches 60-100 g. From the emergence of seedlings to the first harvest, 150 days pass. The plant needs pinching. Branches and leaves are pubescent.
Nosegay
We can say that this is the most compact decorative pepper. The height of the bush is only 15 cm, and for its cultivation at home, a capacity of 1 liter is sufficient. Peppers are medium-burning in taste, rounded in shape. Their color also changes as they mature, moving from green to yellowish, then orange, and finally becoming red.
Filius Blue
This variety produces blue-violet fruits that turn red as they ripen. The bush is compact, only 20 cm tall. It bears fruit all year round, the harvest is plentiful. Factors such as good lighting, frequent watering and fertile soil are important for him. Such a bitter pod is suitable for spicing up homemade dishes.
Poinsettia
This variety forms a medium-sized bush 30-35 cm high. Its fruits are oblong and grow up to 7,5 cm long. The highlight of this plant is that the peppers are located on the bush in bunches and resemble the petals of an unusual flower in the photo. As they mature, they acquire a classic red color.
The very name of this variety is taken from a plant common in Western countries. This is the most beautiful Euphorbia, which is also called Poinsettia.
The Bride
Refers to mid-season varieties with abundant and long fruiting. It forms a compact bush up to 30 cm high. The fruits at first have a soft cream shade, upon reaching biological ripeness they become bright red. The pepper is hot and fragrant, an excellent seasoning for homemade dishes. Used for canning and making powder. It grows all year round at home, in summer you can take the plant to the balcony.
Multi-colored decorative peppers
Although hot pepper is associated mainly with the bright red color in the photo, there are many ornamental varieties with fruits of other colors. If you want to plant a plant with edible peppers in original shades at home, you should pay attention to the varieties listed below.
Jamaica
This variety can be grown on a windowsill in an ordinary flower pot. It has the fruits of the original diamond-shaped yellow color. One of the edible hot peppers, while the sharpness falls mainly on the white core, and the walls can be just sweetish.
The Queen of Spades
An evergreen plant with a compact bush. Tolerates shade well. The height of the bush is about 25 cm, the shape is rounded. Bears purple fruits. Peppers are tasty, spicy and fragrant, ideal as a seasoning, and are also used for canning.
Inedible ornamental varieties
In fact, not every ornamental pepper can be eaten. There are a number of varieties whose fruits are inedible, but they are pleasing to the eye and create comfort in the room.
Clown
The plant forms a small bush up to 35 cm high. It bears fruits of a round or slightly elongated shape, their color can be yellow, orange or red. Peppers remain on the bush for 2-3 months. The most abundant fruiting is observed in the bright sun.
Goldfinger
Variety with inedible, but very beautiful fruits. They grow in the form of yellow pods about 5 cm long. The bush itself is small in size, 25 cm high. The plant is light-loving, bears fruit abundantly on the windowsill on the sunny side. You can sow the seeds of this ornamental pepper in any fertile soil.
Conclusion
To grow one of the above varieties at home, you need to follow a few simple rules. You will need to maintain a temperature regime of about 25 degrees, place the plant on a sunny windowsill and regularly ventilate the room to ensure the flow of fresh air.
