Purple Perfume Hot Pepper
Capsicum chinense 'Purple Perfume (Cheiro Roxa) Hot Pepper'
USDA zones10 to 12
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size1 to 3 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral, alkaline
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Notes
Purple Perfume Hot Pepper (Capsicum chinense 'Purple Perfume (Cheiro Roxa) Hot Pepper') 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 or loamy soil. The flowers are fragrant and draw butterflies, bees, and birds. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with Tomato, Candy carrot, and Dolce Fresca basil.