| This jazzy ornamental pepper is so beautiful in foliage, flower, stem, and fruit, you may hesitate to eat its charming conical peppers! Don't worry -- they've got a hot bite that is irresistible, making this hardworking little plant a great "crop" as well as a perfect accent for containers and the garden! Explosive Ember begins spring with new foliage of bright purple, followed by purple-and-white blooms on jazzy purple stems! These flowers festoon the upright, bushy little plants with bright color for several weeks. After the blooms pass, the fruit begins to set in clusters of about half a dozen. Pointing up and out, the dark purple peppers are a bold accent even before they begin maturing to fire-engine red. Stunning! Just 10 to 14 inches tall and 8 to 10 inches wide, this compact little plant is ideal for any location from the annual bed to the formal planter or windowbox. It thrives in heat, setting fruit during the hot summer months and then beautifully outlasting the flowering annuals for a late-season color show! Explosive Ember is versatile, vigorous, and very easy to grow in full sun and any well-drained soil. It offers you three seasons of beauty in compact, neat form. Enjoy! Pkt is 10 seeds. |
