RHS An attractive, compact, dense, upright half-hardy annual chilli pepper with green to purple black lance-shaped leaves and purple flowers followed by long, thin fruit which turn from black to blood red in the summer and through to the autumn. A prolific, early-fruiting medium spicy variety
0.5-1 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
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Best grown inside on a sunny windowsill or in a greenhouse, but can be grown outside once all danger of frost has passed; select a sunny, sheltered position and grow in containers, peat-free growing bags or in open ground. Water regularly and feed with a high potassium liquid fertiliser once the first fruit has set. See how to grow: chilli peppers for further advice
Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds or sowing seeds indoors for further advice
Pinch out growing tips of plants when they are about 20cm tall to encourage bushiness
May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite and aphids
May be susceptible to blossom end rot