Helios habanero pepper
Capsicum chinense 'Helios'
USDA zones10 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral, alkaline
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Helios' habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense 'Helios') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer rarely make it their first choice. It is an extra-early hybrid habanero that also attracts birds.
Pairs well with Sungold tomato, Purple Ruffles basil, and Anouk Spanish lavender.