I’ve this delightful little pepper tree that produces petite purple peppers.
(Click for larger view.) They’re each about an inch long.
With their lovely shape and deep, rich colour, they’re such a pleasure to look at that I have not had the heart to pick any and taste them yet. I shall have to do that soon, and then come up with a recipe that gives them a chance to shine, perhaps at my next dinner gathering. Some of the earliest ones are now going orange, so I’d better hurry!
-cvj
Have one of these plants on our deck. Eat one today, hot not super hot but hot. Try with caution. Bottoms up.
I also am growing these beauty little peppers. Pick and eat them if you wish when red. They are not nearly as hot purple, and probably not any hotter than a jalapeno, but are tasty when mixed with hotter peppers in a sauce, or a chilli powder. I chop them up and put them on a sandwich and pickle them to enjoy in the later months.
beautiful hot as F@#$ peppers
They are called “NuMex Centennial” – An ornamental piquin-type chile with purple foliage and flowers. Tiny peppers ripen from purple to yellow, orange, and finally to red. Compact plants are well suited to container growing. While the pungent fruit is edible, it is usually just used as an ornamental. got from this site – http://www.tomatogrowers.com ^_^
Hi – does anyone know the name of this pepper variety?
thanks!
We have three plants, the largest having about 40-50 peppers. They can probably be picked when purple but we waited until they become red.
Wow, are they hot! I cut a 1mm slice and ate it and it took 15 minutes for the effect to wear off. Outstanding!
I know they are hotter than a aji amarillo which has a Scoville Heat Scale rating of 30,000 to 50,000, I believe.
I have these in my garden. After purple, they turn red, then shrivel up and crack and fall off. When do you pick them–when they are purple or red?
Little purple peppers: most likely rather hot, nothing like Scotch Bonnet, but one of them would probably make a pot of spaghetti sauce too spicy for half your guests. I’ve been growing little purple-leaved purple peppers for maybe 15 years, they’re a terrific decorative accent for a flower garden, but you always want to have more of the plants than you’ve put in.
So cute! We have little tiny red ones – not even an inch long. On the basis that smaller = hotter often, I am not keen on being the taste guinea pig…
I have very similar ones growing. Also haven’t eaten any yet!
Simply gorgeous to look at – hope the taste is equally gorgeous! Look forward to hearing the results of the taste test. cmj+
how hot are these ones?
hot as scotch bonnets?