Vegetables
History: Cayenne type A
Country of Origin: Thailand

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 2'-3'
Plant Spread: 2.5'
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Eating Methods: Culinary Herb/Spice
Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Birds
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 75+
Days to germinate: 8-15
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Self
Flies
Bumblebees
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Chilean Pepper
  • Chinese Pepper

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