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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

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Common names
  • Ornamental Pepper

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Location: Zone 5 Fort Wayne Indiana
Date: 2010-08-15
Purple Leaf Heart flower
Location: Zone 5 Fort Wayne Indiana
Date: 2010-07-09
Purple Leaf Heart
Comments:
  • Posted by DanCarmona (Fort Wayne, Indiana - Zone 5a) on Jan 19, 2012 12:00 PM concerning plant:
    Purple Leaf Heart
    Capsicum: Annuum
    Origin: USA
    PI: 267740
    Flower: erect, stellate, small
    Petals: purple
    Spots: no
    Calyx: toothless
    Pods: Purple > yellowish red 1 1/2"
    Seed: yellow-brown
    Leaves: green, medium, glabrous
    Plant height: 18-24"
    Maturity: 90 days
    Habit: sturdy, tree-like bush
    Scoville units: 20,000-50,000
    Germ. Time: 1 wk > 2 mo.

    Plants very tall with few branches, violet to deep purple, including leaves and stems; leaves blunt oval; flowers purple, erect conical; fruits purple to yellowish red.

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