DESCRIPTION:
NAME: Filius Blue Pepper
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Christmas Pepper
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Capsicum Annuum ‘Filius Blue’
COLOR: Blue
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 24"
PLANT SPACING: 15 - 18"
HARVEST: 90 Days
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Tolerates Dry
QUANTITY: 20 Seeds
OTHER: The very ornamental Filius Blue is an heirloom chili pepper. They grow on bushy compact plants that can be grown in pots and even indoors. They will even over winter indoors. The small peppers start out a purplish blue that turn to yellow, then orange, and finally red as they mature. They have unique violet purple flowers with white centers and navy stamens as well as bluish purplish leaves. With all these beautiful colors, they really put on quite a show! The peppers start out fairly hot but do become more mild as they mature.