Rocky Ford pepper
Capsicum annuum 'Rocky Ford'
AAS Winner 1938
USDA zones4 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
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Rocky Ford' pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Rocky Ford') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It is not a favorite of deer, though hungry deer will eat almost anything. Birds visit this erect plant, and it tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Tomato, Candy carrot, and Thai basil.