Sweet Banana pepper
Capsicum annuum 'Sweet Banana'
AAS Winner 1941
USDA zones9 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size1 to 3 feet tall1 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sweet Banana' pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Sweet Banana') 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 sits low on the menu for deer. The plant grows 12 to 36 inches tall with an erect habit and attracts birds.
Pairs well with Tomato, Candy carrot, and Holy basil.