Daily Botanical: ‘Red Rocoto’ Hot Pepper Flower
This ‘Red Rocoto’ is one of two hot peppers that I brought inside to overwinter this year. Both are starting to flower. I will cut the flowers off since I want the plants to focus on leaf development, but figured I would take some pictures before doing so.
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March 10th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
pretty flower.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
I love my Rocoto. It and my other red black seeded hot pepper whose name is escaping me, both work as perennial peppers in the bay area. In fact, I was harvesting into the end of December this year and have been in the ground for 4 years now. Totally cool!
March 11th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Oooh lovely! Hand pollinate instead. Then you have peppers to eat.
March 11th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Maureen: They are a great pepper. I would love to see what an outdoor perennial looks like. I’m guessing huge since they grow like vines!
Victoria: I’m snipping the flowers off to give the plants a break. I’ll let them produce fruit once I’ve transferred them outdoors for the summer.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:49 am
Gayla,
I will take a picture now (I just cut them back after their winter bounty) and in a couple of months once they start growing crazy again. I have some backyard hens in my garden as well, so the manure I apply makes everything huge!
Maureen