Description
AAS WINNER DETAILS
Winner Type: National
Class: Ornamental Pepper
Variety Name: NuMex Easter
Genus: Capsicum
Species: annuum
Year: 2014
Common Name: Ornamental Chile Pepper
Type: Flowers from Seed
Breeder: Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University
Close Market Comparison: NuMex Twilight, Prairie Fire
PLANT NEEDS
Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Dry to normal
Dead Heading Recommended: No
Staking Required: No
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Foliage Color: Green
Plant Habit: Compact
Plant Height: 5-6 inches
Bloom Time: Summer to frost
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Color Pattern: Solid
Bloom Size: 1/4 inch
IN THE GARDEN
Container: Yes
Weather Tolerance: Drought, heat, rain, wind
Garden Spacing: 10 inches
Low Edging: Yes
Houseplant: Yes
Edible Ornamental: Yes
HOW TO GROW
This ornamental chile pepper variety can be grown indoors where they will require at least 12 hours of good quality sunlight. Plants will need to be watered when the top ½ inch of soil becomes dry, soak pots then allow them to drain completely, never allow the plants to sit in water. Fertilize every 3 months with a balanced fertilizer. Remove chile pepper pods when they begin to dry.
If growing this ornamental chile pepper variety in outdoor beds or pots they will require at least 12 hours of good quality direct sunlight. Plants will need to be watered when the top ½ inch of soil becomes dry. Fertilize every month with a balanced fertilizer during the growing season. Ornamental chile pepper varieties are frost tender and will be killed off after the first hard freeze of the season.
AAS Display Garden- River Valley Master Gardeners –
Strikingly beautiful multicolored peppers looked like Christmas Tree bulbs.
Heat and drought tolerant in Zone 6a garden.