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Mighty Veggie Mad Hatter Pepper

Scientific Name: Capsicum baccatum 'Mad Hatter'

Also Known As

  • Capsicum baccatum 'Mighty Veggie 'Mad Hatter'

Plant type

shrub, fruit / vegetable

size

  • H: 2'-3'
  • W: 1'-2'

planting zones

  • 10a-12

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Mighty Veggie Mad Hatter Pepper plant details

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

'Mad Hatter' is a crazy, exotic pepper offering new flavours for your summer cooking! It is a relative of our garden pepper known as C. baccatum from South America commonly used in Bolivian and Peruvian cuisines. It offers a refreshing, citrusy, floral flavour that remains sweet, only occasionally expressing mild heat near the seeds. Plants are vigorous with high yields. Use your abundant harvest raw in salads, pickled, in stirfries, or stuffed with cheese. 65 to 70 days to mature to green; 85 to 90 days to ripen to red. Mighty Veggies grafted vegetables are hand grafted onto super strong rootstock which provides greater disease resistance, greater cold tolerance (so veggies start growing faster in the spring), and great yield. Mighty Veggie grafted plants usually produce 2-3 times more fruit than ungrafted plants, a difference that is especially large for heirloom varieties which do not always offer high yields.

Gardening facts about Mighty Veggie Mad Hatter Pepper plant

How to Grow Mighty Veggie Mad Hatter Pepper

  • Sun Exposure

    • sun
  • Water Needs

    • regular
  • Soil Needs

    • average
    • well-drained
    • rich
  • Special Situation

    • heat tolerant

Features

  • Foliage Color

    • green
  • Flower Color

    • white
  • Wildlife

    • bees
  • Fruit

    • red
  • Flower Season

    • summer
  • Foliage Season

    • evergreen
    • semi-evergreen

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Plant Type

Shrub, Fruit / Vegetable

Zones

9b-12

Size

Height: 5'-6'

Width: 3'-4'

  • mostly sun - mostly shade
  • even moisture - regular
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Scientific Name: Capsicum pubescens

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Plant Type

Perennial, Fruit / Vegetable

Zones

9b-12

Size

Height: 6'-9'

Width: 5'-6'

  • sun - mostly sun
  • even moisture - regular
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Plant Type

Perennial, Annual / Biennial, Fruit / Vegetable

Zones

9b-12

Size

Height: 3'-5'

Width: 2'-4'

  • sun
  • regular
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Plant Type

Perennial, Annual / Biennial, Fruit / Vegetable

Zones

10a-12

Size

Height: 8"-14"

Width: 6"-12"

  • sun
  • regular
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Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum 'Black Pearl'

Plant Type

Perennial, Annual / Biennial, Fruit / Vegetable

Zones

10a-12

Size

Height: 16"-18"

Width: 16'-18"

  • sun
  • regular
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