Fish Peppers are Edible and Ornamental

Whether you have to be a small-space gardener or garden on a small scale by choice, it makes sense to grow plants with more than one feature.

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Every summer I fulfil my container vegetable garden with pot of new - to - mepepper varieties . Some are mellifluous bell peppers , but the absolute majority are hot chile black pepper because I ’ll never check search for the novel must - have favorite .

To attain that status , a chile peppercorn plant has to provide more than tasty peppers with just the right amount of heat . It has to be a beautiful decorative flora , too .

Many chile white pepper plants rate high on the preference and hotness ingredient , but it select a special pepper plant to also make as an ornamental .

This year ’s success in my small - blank space garden is an heirloom hot black pepper plant with the funny name of ‘ Fish ’ . The hot pepper gets its name from being used to season Pisces and shellfish recipe in the 1940s , although the pepper may actually see to the 1800s .

This container capsicum plant has grown to 30 inches marvelous and almost as wide . The foliage is spectacular , each leaf dark-green with blanched feeling , make this as ornamental as it is operative .

The pepper pod commence green with snowy bar , then ripen to orange with brown stripe . When fully ripened the pods will be red .

I ’m looking frontward to trying the capsicum pepper plant in every phase of maturity from fresh to dry . I ’ve heard they are fairly hot , like a cayenne black pepper .

source are available from several on-line sources , although I bought this as a transplant too soon in the season . It rise quickly even before I implant it and it was taller than most Madagascar pepper plants when I pose it in a 5 - gallon container .

Besides being a standout for its face and the amount of peppers it ’s producing , this pepper is growing on a hardy stem turn that has n’t needed staking .

These ‘ Pisces ’ pepper plant life are so striking , they ’d make a gracious addition to a front - yard decorative garden bed , too .

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