| Description | Explosive Embers Ornamental Pepper (Capsicum annuum) A shrubby plant with dark purple foliage and loaded with "fire hot" colorful fruit. |
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| Pronunciation | (KAP-sih-kum) |
| Plant Type | Annuals, Edible Fruit |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | frost sensitive, in zone #5 avoid planting outdoors before Memorial Day weekend |
| Flowers | small star-shaped mostly white with purple |
| Fruit | ornamental hot fruit is purple to red and borne upright on the plant |
| Leaves | starts as bright purple changing to a dark black-purple |
| Dimensions | small shrubby plant reaching 10-14" tall by 8-10" wide. |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | A rating of 3000 Scoville Units. The heat of the pepper plant comes from the concentration of the chemical capsaicin. |
| Author's Notes | A grew these plants from seeds on a few occasions. Very ornamental fruit. |
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