chili pepper

Capsicum annuum

shrub☀️ full sun💧💧 moderate waterZone 9b – Zone 11b

A warm-season shrub prized for its colorful, pungent peppers that mature from green to red, yellow, or orange. Grows best in full sun and warm climates, producing white flowers followed by edible fruit.

Overview

Form: Upright
Growth Rate: moderate
Size: 1.5–3′ tall × 1.5–2.5′ wide
Dormancy: evergreen

Tolerances & Soil

Zone 9bZone 11b

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ColderWarmer

Seasonality

Bloom Season

Harvest Season

Season of Interest

SummerFall

Succession Role

early successional

Native Range

Central and South America

Function & Care

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Edible Parts

fruit

Establishment & Care

Establishment: easy
Maintenance: moderate
Years to Bearing: 1 years
Propagation: seed, cutting

Companion Planting

Plants well with

Elephant Garlic

Allium ampeloprasum

Elephant garlic's pungent compounds deter spider mites, aphids, and fungal pathogens that attack peppers.

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Yarrow attracts parasitoid wasps and predatory insects that control spider mites, aphids, and thrips damaging peppers.

Bunching Onion

Allium fistulosum

Onion family members deter spider mites, thrips, and other common pepper pests through pungent sulfur-based volatiles.

Avoid near

eastern black walnut

Juglans nigra

Juglone from black walnut roots and fallen foliage inhibits the growth of peppers and other sensitive solanaceae family members.

Bronze Fennel

Foeniculum vulgare

Fennel's allelopathic compounds may inhibit pepper growth and nutrient uptake when grown in close proximity.