Ornamental Edible
Venezuelan Purple Variegated
Venezuelan Purple is the ornamental we keep for the plant: variegated white-and-purple foliage, purple-green stems, and tiny purple berry-sized pods. · Casa Verde Note: This pepper variety is mostly regarded for the beauty of the plant ...
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Venezuelan Purple is the ornamental we keep for the plant: variegated white-and-purple foliage, purple-green stems, and tiny purple berry-sized pods.
Casa Verde Note: This pepper variety is mostly regarded for the beauty of the plant itself. Variegated foliage and stems. Purple-green stems, white and purple foliage with purple berry-sized pods. The peppers themselves do not have detectable flavor but do carry some good heat. This will be one of the few ornamental varieties we will carry due to its exotic beauty.
Capsicum annuum from Venezuela. Pods about half an inch, 15,000–30,000 SHU. We grow it for the look in the bed, not as a sauce pepper.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Germinate at 26–30 °C on a heat mat; peppers stall below 22 °C. Pot up to 10–15 cm before hardening off outside after nights stay above 12 °C.
Feed balanced through bloom, then bump potassium for fruiting. Stake taller varieties. More detail in our full Canadian growing guide.
Match the pepper to the technique: thin-walled varieties blister fast in a hot pan; thick-walled ones roast or stuff beautifully; fruit-forward ones make balanced sauces and pickles. The variety's flavour profile is your shortcut — see Choosing the right pepper for a use-case guide.
