Fish Pepper, Seed Pack, 20 Seeds, capsicum annuum, Solanaceae

Here's a pepper that will not only be at home in your kitchen but a star in your landscape as well. An African American heirloom from the Baltimore area, it's grown for the variegation in the leaves and the peppers themselves. the White peppers were used to make white paprika or to keep white fish sauces pure where red peppers would muddle it. The Plants grow to a compact bushy height of 2' and have striking white and green splashed foliage, producing peppers in red, green, white, yellow, and variegations all between. With medium heat they are most commonly used in seafood dishes make a hot sauce we here at plants with a purpose can't get enough of.

Sowing Instructions:
Start indoors 8-12 weeks before the last frost date to plant after all danger of frost has passed. sow 1/4-1/2" deep in trays or pots. germination in 7-14 days. pull seedlings that are white as they cannot photosynthesize. transfer to 4" pots when true leaves show and and plant in full sun location with rich well draining soil burying up to the leaves when all danger of frost has passed. drought tolerant but water when leaves droop.