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To decorate your windowsill, give your home coziness, and give your dishes a spicy note, you should plant decorative peppers. 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 decorative peppers - edible or not, you can read about them further.
Edible peppers in classic red color
Decorative 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 varieties that are suitable for human consumption.
Small miracle
One of the early ripening varieties. The plant bears beautiful and edible fruits of a slightly elongated shape. Due to the spiciness 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.As the fruits ripen, they change color: first, the skin turns from green to purple, then it turns yellow, becomes orange and, finally, red.
Jellyfish
This variety bears thin, elongated fruits. At first they grow white, yellow or orange, turning red as they mature. This decorative pepper grows up to 5 cm in length. It has a pleasant taste and slight pungency. The fruits will become a piquant seasoning for homemade dishes.
The plant forms a small bush - only 20-25 cm high, 15 cm wide. Together with thin peppers, it really resembles a jellyfish with short tentacles.
Ogonyok
This is a variety of decorative pepper for growing at home; the first fruits ripen 115-120 days after the seeds germinate. It produces 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 produces a not very large, branched bush.
Aladdin
Refers to ultra-early ripening varieties. At home, the bush grows up to 35-40 cm in height; when planted in open ground, it is slightly larger - up to 50 cm. The variety is distinguished by abundant fruiting, and over a long period. The fruits initially grow green, as they ripen the skin becomes yellowish or purple, and when ripe it becomes red.
The peppers have an oblong cone shape, a pleasant aroma and a pronounced pungency. When grown at home, the fruits are not so bitter, but in general this does not affect fruiting in any way.
Phoenix
A mid-early variety, the harvest 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 decorative pepper is suitable for consumption.
The plant is characterized by high decorative value. Forms a bush up to 35 cm high, spherical in shape. It is often grown at home and used for design purposes. 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, round in shape. The peppers grow in the shape of a cone with a sharp tip, the skin is smooth or slightly ribbed. The fruits have a pungent taste and are used for direct consumption, as a spice or for canning. As hot peppers ripen, the color changes from dark green to orange. They have a strong aroma.
This variety is often planted for design purposes. The bush grows in the correct shape and does not need to be pruned. The weight of the fruit is on average 6 g, the walls are 1 mm thick.
Explosion Amber
The plant forms a bush up to 30 cm high. Peppers are distinctly spicy; 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 its dark purple leaves.
Bell
A variety of berry pepper, the fruits are shaped like bell or miniature squash. The walls of the pepper have a sweetish taste, the white core with the seeds is spicy. The weight of one fruit reaches 60-100 g. From emergence to the first harvest, 150 days pass. The plant requires pinching. The branches and leaves are pubescent.
Nosegay
We can say that this is the most compact ornamental pepper. The height of the bush is only 15 cm, and a 1 liter container is sufficient for growing it at home. The peppers have a medium-hot taste and are round in shape. Their color also changes as they ripen, moving from green to yellowish, then orange, and finally turns red.
Filius Blue
This variety produces violet-blue fruits that turn red as they ripen. The bush is compact, only 20 cm tall. Fruits all year round, the harvest is plentiful. Factors such as good lighting, frequent watering and fertile soil are important for it. This bitter pod is suitable for adding piquancy to homemade dishes.
Poinsettia
This variety forms a medium-sized bush with a height of 30-35 cm. Its fruits have an oblong shape and grow up to 7.5 cm long. The highlight of this plant is that the peppers are arranged in bunches on the bush and resemble the petals of an unusual flower in the photo. As they ripen, they take on the 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.
Bride
Refers to mid-season varieties with abundant and long-lasting fruiting. Forms a compact bush up to 30 cm high. The fruits initially have a soft cream color, and upon reaching biological ripeness they acquire a bright red color. The pepper is hot and aromatic, 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 colors at home, you should pay attention to the varieties listed below.
Jamaica
This variety can be grow on a windowsill in a regular flower pot. It has fruits of an original diamond-shaped yellow color. One of the edible hot peppers, the spiciness comes mainly from the white core, and the walls can be simply sweetish.
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 round. Bears fruit purple. Peppers are tasty, hot and aromatic, ideal as a seasoning and also used for canning.
Inedible ornamental varieties
In fact, not every decorative pepper can be eaten. There are a number of varieties whose fruits are inedible, but they are pleasing to the eye and create coziness in the room.
Clown
The plant forms a small bush up to 35 cm high. It bears round or slightly elongated fruits, their color can be yellow, orange or red. The peppers remain on the bush for 2-3 months. The most abundant fruiting is observed in bright sun.
Goldfinger
A 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 and bears fruit abundantly on a windowsill on the sunny side. You can sow the seeds of this decorative 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 of about 25 degrees, place the plant on a sunny windowsill and regularly ventilate the room to ensure a flow of fresh air.
