Vampire Pepper Seed

This hot pepper plant grows to a height of up to 60cm and features striking black tinged leaves and purple flowers. It produces long (8-10cm) black fruits that ripen to blood red.

Sow indoors from February to April, in soil 0.5 cm deep, in separate pots if possible. Pot on in late May outdoors either in containers as patio plants or in a well-protected site. Peppers can be slow to germinate so allow up 35+ days. Compost should not be too moist to prevent the seeds from rotting. All chilli peppers are very sensitive to the cold.