Ornamental Peppers
Ornamental peppers are great hot-weather bedding plants.
Ornamental peppers are compact, reaching ten to twenty inches in height. Their size, interesting foliage and attractive fruit make them ideal plants for a container garden. You can also place them in borders or use them as a groundcover.
Ornamental peppers produce colorful fruits from May through fall. The fruits come in a range of colors like red, purple, yellow and orange. Many varieties of ornamental pepper also have attractive foliage.
Plant your ornamental peppers in well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Despite their name, some ornamental peppers are edible and tasty. But most are very spicy, and people without a sturdy palate will enjoy just looking at them.
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