Scotch Bonnet pepper
Capsicum annuum 'Scotch Bonnet'
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
'Scotch Bonnet' pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Scotch Bonnet') 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. It is not a favorite of deer, though hungry deer will eat almost anything. It takes 120 days to mature, and birds visit it.
Pairs well with Holy basil, Cannellini bean, and Anise hyssop.