Description
'Purple Beauty' peppers are a stunning addition to any garden, with their striking color changes from creamy lime to deep purple, and finally red when fully mature. Known for their ornamental quality, these 3″-4″ blocky peppers also offer a sweet, mild flavor, making them perfect for salads, grilling, or stuffing. The compact plants, 18″-24″ tall and 18″-20″ wide, thrive in containers or garden beds, and are highly productive, delivering beautiful and delicious peppers in just 75 days. Whether you grow them for their visual appeal or their sweet taste, 'Purple Beauty' will impress.
This packet sows approximately 20 plants when started inside. 25 Seeds in packet.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Capsicum annuum
Days to Maturity: 75 days from transplanting
Family: Solanaceae
Native: Americas
Hardiness: Frost-sensitive perennial grown as an annual
Plant Dimensions: 18″–24″ tall, 18″–20″ wide
Variety Information: 3″–4″ long, 3″ wide, blocky-shaped pepper that starts out green, changing to purple, and then red if left to fully mature. Pepper walls thicken as they mature to red.
Attributes: Good for Containers
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: For Mild Climates only: 2 to 4 weeks after average last frost, when soil temperature is at least 70°F.
When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 8 to 10 weeks before transplanting. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 70°–90°F. Transplant seedlings outside 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date, and when daytime temperatures are at least 70°F, and nighttime temperatures are at least 55°F. Mild Climates: May be sown in late summer for fall/winter crop.
Days to Emerge: 10–25 days
Seed Depth: ¼”
Seed Spacing: Start indoors
Row Spacing: 24″–36″
Thinning: Start indoors, plant seedlings 18″–24″ apart outside
Growing Info:
Harvesting: Harvest peppers at any color stage—creamy lime, purple, or red.
