Description
Species Annuum Origin Mexico Heat Medium The Purple Jalapeno is a beautiful, ornamental version of the standard Jalapeno pepper. The plants are very productive with a single plant producing upto 50 pods which begin as a brilliant emerald green, then mature to a stunning dark purple and finally to a fabulous scarlet red! As the plants often have chiles on them of varying ages, all three colors are often seen on a single plant which produces a most wonderful and most beautiful color effect! Though Purple Jalapenos may be beautiful, don't let their brilliant colours fool you as this variety rates at a respecatable 6000 scoville heat units which is twice as hot as a standard Jalapeno.