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  • Basket of Fire Pepper Plant

    Capsicum 'Basket of Fire'

    18% off
    New arrival
    $1795 $2180

  • Better Belle Pepper Plant

    Capsicum 'Better Belle'

    30% off
    New arrival
    $1256 $1795

Pepper Plants

Pepper plants reward gardeners with one of the most generous yields per square foot of any vegetable. Nature Hills ships pepper plants for sale as live, container-grown transplants ready to set fruit in your garden or patio pot the same season you plant them.

The Pepper Varieties We Grow

We focus on pepper varieties that earn their space. That means peppers bred for reliable production, disease resistance, and a clear job in your kitchen or your garden design.

  • Sweet Bell Peppers, thick-walled, sweet, crisp peppers for fresh eating, stuffing, and cooking. The Better Belle Pepper Plant is our flagship sweet bell. It is early maturing, disease resistant, and produces large blocky peppers that ripen from green to red.
  • Ornamental Hot Peppers, compact plants that pull double duty as patio decor and salsa heat. The Basket of Fire Pepper Plant was bred by Texas A&M specifically for hanging baskets. It produces clusters of upright peppers ripening through cream, yellow, orange, and fiery red all on the same plant.

How To Grow Pepper Plants

  • Sun: Full sun, 6 to 8 hours minimum. Peppers love heat and respond to more light with more fruit.
  • Soil: Rich, well-drained soil. Peppers prefer slightly warmer soil than tomatoes do.
  • Spacing: 18 to 24 inches between plants. Compact ornamental varieties can be planted tighter, and they work beautifully in containers.
  • Water: Keep evenly moist. Container peppers may need daily water in summer heat. Inconsistent watering causes blossom drop and stunted fruit.
  • Feed: Balanced fertilizer every 2 weeks. Switch to a lower-nitrogen formula once flowering starts so the plant directs energy into fruit instead of leaves.
  • Harvest: Pick at any color stage. Sweet peppers grow sweeter as they ripen to red, and hot peppers grow hotter.

Peppers For Patios And Small Spaces

Pepper plants are some of the best vegetables for container gardening. Their compact size, love of warm root zones, and ornamental fruit make them ideal patio plants. The Basket of Fire variety in particular was bred for hanging baskets and stays under 12 inches tall.

If patio space is your garden, pair peppers with culinary herbs like basil and oregano. The two grow on the same sun, soil, and water schedule and round out a Mediterranean-style container garden.

Why Buy Pepper Plants From Nature Hills?

Family-owned and operated since 2001, Nature Hills ships pepper plants with the same nursery-grade care we bring to every tree and shrub. Each pepper plant is backed by our product guarantee and protected by Plant Sentry for compliant state-by-state shipping.

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