Chinese Five-Color Pepper (Capsicum annuum)

Why grow peppers in one color when you could have five? This aptly-named ornamental gives you purple, orange, cream, yellow and scarlet fruits all at the same time! Their scorching-hot flavor will kick your salsas up a notch, too.

25 seeds minimum
Germination: 7-10 days
Maturity: 80-85 days
Start indoors 8-12 weeks before the last frost. Plant 1/4″ deep in seed starting mix. Requires soil temperatures of 65-90F to germinate. Heat mat is recommended. Keep soil moist.
Transplant in full sun when all danger of frost has passed. Bottom leaves should be just above ground level.
Space plants 12-18 apart; space rows 2-4′ apart.