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    Home » Gardening

    Peppers in Our Garden (Weekend Gardening)

    Aug 9, 2009 · Modified: Jun 19, 2021 by Andrea · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 1 Comment

    Peppers, both hot and sweet, are a favorite for our summer garden and indoors in the winter, and this year we are growing more types than we ever have before, though we’ve had trouble with production. The cold wet spring that carried through into early June affected some of our plants, and some of the bells haven’t even flowered yet. Though we don’t have peppers yet on all the plants, we do at least have flowers on most of them now, a huge relief as we were worried we might end up with nothing this year.

    Here’s what we are growing this year.

    Hot Peppers

    Anaheim

    Andrea's Recipes - Big Chile hybrid pepper

    Big Chile hybrid (Mild like an Anaheim, grows 8 to 10 inches long. Matures red.)

    Chocolate Habanero (Same size as a regular habanero.)

    Andrea's Recipes - Hot Paper Lantern pepper

    Hot Paper Lantern (Habanero type with smaller elongated pods. Matures red.)

    Jalapeno

    Andrea's Recipes - Kung Pao hybrid pepper

    Kung Pao Hybrid (Medium heat, about 4 inches long, matures red. Good for drying and storing.)

    Numex Big Jim (Anaheim type, good for chile rellenos. Can grow up to 12 inches long.)

    Andrea's Recipes - Poblano pepper

    Poblano/Ancho

    Andrea's Recipes - Royal Black hot pepper

    Royal Black (Small plant with black stems and foliage. Very hot black pepper ripens brilliant jewel-like red.)

    Andrea's Recipes - Serrano Grande peppers

    Serrano Grande (Larger version of traditional serrano, matures to bright red.)

    Thai Hot (Short plants, 1-inch long very hot peppers.)

    White Habanero (Smaller than a regular habanero, but just as hot.)

    Sweet Peppers

    Andrea's Recipes - Miniature Chocolate Peppers

    Miniature Chocolate Bell (Tiny chocolate colored bells, great for stuffed appetizers.)

    Park’s Whopper (Large bells, matures red.)

    Purple Beauty (Compact plants, medium size dark purple fruit.)

    Sweet Islander (Medium size bells, with bright streaks of violet, yellow, and orange. Matures red.)

    Andrea's Recipes - Tequila Hybrid pepper

    Tequila Hybrid (Amethyst pepper that ripens red.)

    Andrea's Recipes - Yellow Corno di Toro pepper, not yet ripe

    Yellow Corno di Toro (Italian bulls horn type, 8 to 10 inches long, ripens bright yellow. Delicious grilled, sauteed, or in salad.)

    [Updated August 15, 2009]

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    1. Tony says

      August 28, 2009 at 5:42 am

      Very informative information, this will help me in my gardening. Thanks loads, greatly appreciated. Just love gardening.

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