Pepper plant grow and care – shrub of the genus Capsicum or also known as Capsicum plant, Pepper plant perennial evergreen but can grow also as annual plant, used for the edible fruits but also used as ornamental plant, can grow in tropic, subtropical, mediterranean, temperate or desert climate and growing in hardiness zone 10b+ as perennial 2+ as annual.
Leaves color mostly green but also can be purple in some cultivars, shape of the leaves can be: elliptic, round or oval.
Flower color white cream or purple with 6 petals, the flowers small grow in clusters of 2-3 flowers.
Pepper plant edible fruits
Fruit color can be: red, green, purple, brown, yellow, orange, crimson, white, pink, mustard and more also the Pepper plant of can be in variety of shapes.
Pepper plant can be hot or sweet, for the hot, Pepper plant measure by scale of Scoville heat Units.
Capsicum Scoville heat unit is 0 – 2,200,000 and every year there are new cultivars.