Rocoto Red Chilli Pepper

A prolific, large and very hot bright red chilli. It produces a large plant with impressive numbers of 4cm box shaped fruits with its distinctive black seeds.

A Capsicum pubescens variety from South America, it is a different species to most other chillies grown in the UK with its hairy stems and leaves and attractive blue violet flowers. Originally from the Andes, it thrives at higher altitudes and therefore is much more cold tolerant. In 2024 I harvested my final crop in November and the plants still looked great. It can also be overwintered by pruning right back, potting up and bringing indoors until the following spring.

These Capsicum pubescens have a lower germination rate of 80% so the seed packet size makes up for this.

Approx. 15 seeds

Botanical name: Capsicum pubescens