Patahontas' Blog

Wow! Peppers in a botanical garden ... in Northern Europe! In our botanical garden we should have a lot of these plants; we have a far hotter and suitable climate!Instead I almost never saw peppers in botanical garden ... to say all what it's to say, we have also very few botanical gardens I wrote "almost" because I saw a pepper plant in a garden many years ago ... it was in the wonderful Giardino Sigurta' near Verona (at Valeggio sul Mincio).I didn't start to grow peppers yet, but I was irresistibly attracted by those red pods (few standard round C.annuum) and I ... stole a pod ( ) and ate it later over my pizza :P Maybe that day was born my true passion for peppers.

Wow! Peppers in a botanical garden ... in Northern Europe! In our botanical garden we should have a lot of these plants; we have a far hotter and suitable climate!Instead I almost never saw peppers in botanical garden ... to say all what it's to say, we have also very few botanical gardens I wrote "almost" because I saw a pepper plant in a garden many years ago ... it was in the wonderful Giardino Sigurta' near Verona (at Valeggio sul Mincio).I didn't start to grow peppers yet, but I was irresistibly attracted by those red pods (few standard round C.annuum) and I ... stole a pod ( ) and ate it later over my pizza :P Maybe that day was born my true passion for peppers.

Yes the Botanical Garden of Stockholm is great. Now they have about 20 peppers on display. A couple of years back they had a pepper exhibition with about 170 peppers. Nagalone, your place should be the botanical pepper garden of Italy! RegardsPatrik

Yes the Botanical Garden of Stockholm is great. Now they have about 20 peppers on display. A couple of years back they had a pepper exhibition with about 170 peppers.

i notice pots in the ground, this to recover inside plants in winter?

Nagalone, your place should be the botanical pepper garden of Italy! RegardsPatrik

...just start to print tickets!

patahontas, your peppers are ahead... one year ahead, exactly

"i notice pots in the ground, this to recover inside plants in winter? "Hello!Yes i belive so and also to protect from soil bugs and Arvicolinae (small rat like animal).RegardsPatrik

always said! Sweden, Norwey and Finland are cool, they have 3 insane things totally different from europe...1- the land....magic land2- they grown peppers in a cold land 3- and of course...the metal music.... is the law!!!! :lol:

@bonnet I agree on everything but the music: remember the ABBA brrr...... :P @Patrick can you be more *verbose* about the Shiny Red pepper? I'm a bit curious :)Tnx again for shareVito

Here are som links about (Peruvian) Shiny Red:Mats picturesDave Dewitts jewelIn a swedish chile pepper book the shiny red is highly recomended. I am growing 2 plants this year. The plants tend to be quite tall. They pods have a nice heat (in my opinion not extremly hot, but hot enough). And it has a very nice chinense taste. The pods on my plants tend to be of several sizes. I belive when you grow peppers i cold climate it can have this effect on the pods.RegardsPatrik

Here are som links about (Peruvian) Shiny Red:

Tnx for the info Patrick, it seems an amazing plant!