Patio Pepper Roundup for 2015

It’s time for the annual pepper roundup in my patio garden. Here are some of the top picks for the 2015 gardening season.

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The pepper harvest has finally started in my patio garden . Early in the season , the challenge was to grow hefty plant and now the challenge is to keep up with the ripen fruits .

The pepper I planted in container are always a dainty equipoise between honest-to-god deary and either new - to - me varieties or trade name new introduction .

Old favorites admit Jalapeno , Anaheim , Dragon Cayenne and Cayennetta . I produce these every season because each pepper has a specific usage in the kitchen , from using them brisk to roasting , pickling , dry out or freezing .

Some of these raw peppers are sure to become sure-enough favorites after this season :

Pretty N Sweetis a 2015All - America Selections(AAS ) eatable succeeder . These small - sizing sweet peppers age in about two month and turn from green to orange to ripe - red . They have a dulcet taste with a hint of hotness . Besides produce good crops of Madagascar pepper , the plants work as ornamental , too .

NuMex Easterwas a 2014 AAS achiever in the bedding category . This decorative cultivar was developed at the Chile Pepper Institute in Las Cruces , NM . The plant life gets its name from the color of the peppers that change from lavender to orange . I set about these from seeds furnish by AAS and they took much longer than I thought to set fruit . But once they took off , they bestow a lot of color and pastime to the garden . These small peppers are comestible , but quite raging .

Habenero pepperswere the hottest pepper I establish this time of year . I acquire just one industrial plant that produced a full amount of orange peppers that I used bracing to make several mountain of roasted chile salsa . The warmth was tempered by mixing the roast habeneros with chopped smart tomatoes , Allium sativum , onion , cilantro and passel of just - squash lime succus .

Of all the peppers I planted , theFish pepperswere the most interesting . The variegated leaves and striped fruit made for an attractive plant . Watching the peppers convert semblance from green to bolshie to brown supply to the enjoyment . With each color variety , the pepper changed in taste , too .

Flaming Flareis another 2015 AAS edible winner . I ’d rate this raw type of Fresno capsicum as a steward . The plant raise beautiful 6 - in peppers that ripened to a fire - locomotive Red River . That colouring seems appropriate because these peppers backpack passel of warmth .

Did you raise any new - to - you pepper this time of year ? What do you recommend I plant next year to assist tip my capsicum passion ?

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The roundup of peppers that grew well in my container garden included (clockwise from top left) Jalapeno, Anaheim, Cayennetta (still green), Dragon Cayenne, Pretty N Sweet, NuMex Easter, Fish and Habenero (center).Photo/Illustration: Jodi Torpey

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