Bolivian Rainbows are in that class

Heat about cayanne level

Here is a link that might be useful: BR

The Rocoto Manzano is the best looking pepper plant in my estimation.

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Here is a link that might be useful: full size

I love the way that any habenero plant looks when it has dozens of ripe pods. Chocolate and white look nice. I also think that any of the peppers with purple foiliage and flowers look really good, and I am planning on growing some next year.

I like the different shades of orange my habeneros are showing now:

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-Todd

Flound,

That Rocoto plant is amazingly tall for the size pot it is in! I am growing two this year in similar size pots. I can only hope!

Chris

I agree with flound_1129, rocotos look really good in containers. I also agree with opqdan about habaneros.

I have quite many purple and ornamental ones growing now and of those my favorites at the moment are Medusa and Pretty Purple. I have not tasted Pretty Purple yet, but Medusa has no taste at all, so it is just for looks. Bolivian Rainbow is also really pretty, but I consider it almost more like a house plant.

I also like how the C. baccatums look. My Aji Omnicolor has stayed compact and the peppers on it are quite beautiful. I took yesterday a look at my Christmas Bell and its peppers are really cool looking even they are still not ripe. I should have planted that one on the edge of the garden and not not in the middle.

Here are a couple I like

Variegated

Pequin Roseto

Those are really neat John.

that's a 5 gallon pot.. they're not too hard to grow in that size pot if you keep them relatively shaded since they don't dry out too fast.

I don't grow peppers in full sun in smaller than 10-15 gallon pots anymore. (Well actually I do, but those are all 2nd or 3rd year.. I don't plant any new ones in small pots.)

To mix with taller plants in pots, i like nosegay. It doesn't get much taller than 6-8 inches, has beatiful leaf shape and puts out many small peppers. The peppers are not bad taste wise, and fairly spicy. Varigated is my other edible ornamental and its leaves are stunning as you can tell from the picture in John's earlier post.

Those manzanos are really pretty, as well as habs, but the most beautiful plant that I have grown so far, with the best tasting fruit, is the cumari from peppermania.com. It's a really pretty plant, bushy and the fruit taste very good. I understand fish peppers are pretty as well as tasty, and I am going to give them a shot next year so will get back to you on them, but seriously if you are looking for both show and go (and to boot they are compact-have mine in a 10" pot) try the cumari from peppermania.

Mark

Thank you for all your suggestions. I'm enjoying all the photos too. I have Varigated from John's seed, but it's been cool and wet all spring and summer, so they've not put on peppers yet. I have African Fish and the peppers are just turning from green to green and white striped. Looking forward to when both of those get colorful.

What about some of those you see in seed catalogs with foot long red peppers? Are they tasty?

John,

Those are both beautiful plants. Does the Pequin Roseto have a lot of heat? If you ever have any extra Variegated seeds to trade, I'd love to. I would like to try growing that one next year. Haven't seen anything really like it.

Chris

I love my habs right now. They are the prettiest shade of peach...like a canteloupe. Also my Filus Blue, and Tri-fettis are very pretty. My bf has agreed to let me plant a bunch of Tri-fettis in his flowerbeds for color next year, and he isn't much for all my pepper plants!
John, I love your Pequin Roseto! Its absolutely gorgeous :) And your Varigated looks like little Green Zebra tomatoes, very cute. About how tall are the Rosetos? Looks quite small.

Pequin Roseto was not a tall plant--maybe 10" and the pods were quite hot. It eventually ripens red

Variegated came from J. L. Hudson from a mix that was supposed to have 2 types green/white foliage with round pods and purple/white with long pods. I have only got the green with white version. Check with me this winter when things slow down about seeds.

John

I grew Thai hot peppers last year in pots and they were striking. Although small and compact, they had that Far Eastern symetricity that you find in East Asian art. Very Attractive and the fruits have a sharp bite. JJ61

Thanks for posting this thread. Gave me some ideas for this winter, maybe the house will look more colorful. Usually I grow big plants, and overwinter a few for next years early crop. Thanks again.

Rodney

Forgot to mention: if you want a nice contrast to a bushy plant some of the baccatums that I have seen are pretty 'elegant' looking, tall and almost gangly, almost 'feminine'. I have an aji habanero in my garden and it looks nothing like the other plants I have (all chinenses and a few anuums). Very striking contrast and a pretty plant, although I suppose not ornamental quality it's still a nice looking plant and different than anything else.

Oh, my Poinsetta is kicking some butt right now! It looks so pretty :) The pods are about to turn full red and I am definately going to try to overwinter it and several of my other ornamentals.

Saw some beautiful Antohi Romanian peppers at a market Sunday - not the plant just the peppers. They were large and pale yellow mottled with a blush color. Just beautiful.

I do not yet know how these taste, but Pretty Purple, with the bright purple "gum balls" looks really neat. I have couple in my flower beds. I planted Tri-fetti in flower pots and it is getting too tall. Next year I am going to switch their locations.
Pretty Purple

Tri-fetti and Chilly Chili

Nice looking plants, Svalli

John

Sean sent me some Pretty In Purple seeds which are the prettiest in my garden so far this year. They are different from the Pretty Purples above, the fruit are more a bit more pointed, the foliage purple, and full. Generally beautiful plants.

Those Chilly Chilis are too cute! How big do they get?

My Chilly Chili plants have stayed quite small. Right now they are about 12" tall. The plants do not seem to get really wide, so they could look better, when planted as masses and not like individual specimens like I did this year. The peppers taste OK, but there is no heat.

Medusa looks better as single plant.

This particular thread has been the most intriguing I have ever read on this site and I am very interested now in trying to grow a variety of peppers. Groovy1 I checked out the Peppermania site, I had no idea there were so many different peppers out there that could be grown.
Svalli, John, Todd, and Flound thanks so much for the awesome pictures.

I just finished making a new bed yesterday in a hot sunny spot under my kitchen window and I plan on making that my chili area next year.

Do any of you guys have any suggestions on soil ammendments and fertilizers for growing chili's? My jalapeno's growing in 5 qt. containers are doing extremely well so I will probably stay with pots for most of my pepper growing. I'm in zone 5 so I would assume that would be the best route anyway for keeping the soil good and warm. Also, what do you guys think of having other flowering plants nearby to attract bees for pollination? Is it neccessary? All good questions I hope. Any suggestions would be greatly welcomed.

I am also in zone 5 and grow all mine in pots. I use a soliless mix like Pro Mix BX or Fafard.I added composted cow manure this year but ususally add a dry organic fertilizer. Then during the season I use Wal Marts version of Miracle Grow. You are correct that the pots heat up quicker than the soil. I have very bad soil so using the mix helps also. You don't need pollinators for peppers.
Some of my pots
Drive
http://www.pbase.com/chiles400/image/46806981

Back Deck
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Cool, thanks for the info. Like the pics. I bet you can just smell those wonderful plants going up your driveway with the windows cranked down.

My potted jala's just have roughly 1/3 native Indiana topsoil, mixed with another 1/3 of composted manure then the other 1/3 is some leftover potting soil. At the time I had no idea what I was doing and just mixed it all up and shoved my 2 inch tall seedlings in 3 to a pot. They are doing absolutely great w/loads of fruit, but the ones I planted in beds next to my tomatos just recently took a turn for the worst. I'm guessing too much water is the culprit, as the tomato plants are 4 1/2 feet high and just guzzling H2O, which runs onto the jala territory at every watering.

I have also spread on some 10-10-10 tomato fertilizer and it seems to do well by the peppers also, but I'll try that Miracle Grow knockoff at Wally World you mentioned.

John I sent you an email without asking...Sorry about that but would really like to know if I could get a few seeds from you to try out. I have been looking at another chilli called Aurora...The Pequin Roseto is absolutely gorgeous and looks similar to the Aurora...

Cyan_Night

Explosive Ignite. They are so colorful and cute. Need to know how to find them though.

Wow, what an awesome thread. Glad I did a little searching this morning. Thanks. I'm looking for a few seeds which I'll post in a new thread. John47, nice looking pots in the backyard, how do you keep everything watered? You have so much, it must take you hours to water everything!