Nice looking plant but sorry, I can't identify it. I'll leave it to others to chime in.

Regarding your "is it edible" question, technically all peppers are edible BUT, it depends on how it was grown. If the grower's intention was to supply Home Depot with cute looking peppers plants along with pretty flowering plants, they may have used insecticides on their plants (peppers and flowers) that are not safe for human consumption.

Purchased ornamental pepper varieties are edible if you can talk to the grower and confirm that they're safe to eat (i.e. purchased at a farmer's market, etc.). I doubt the person watering the plants in the HD plant dept would have a clue about how they were grown. Personally I'd pass on eating it but ultimately it's you choice.

FWIW,

Bill

Hello Bill..

Thanks for your help, I think I will pass on eating those for a while, until I get new ones without insecticides..

COULD be an Inca Red Drop (C. baccatum).

Plant the seeds. The next generation should be fine...:-)