Lunchbox Red snack pepper
Capsicum annuum 'Lunchbox Red'
USDA zones4 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Red, orange, yellow
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Lunchbox Red' snack pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Lunchbox Red') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It is grown for sweet, flavorful red snack peppers. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with Dark Opal basil, Spaghetti Squash, and SuperBlue lavender.