🌶️ Chinese 5 Color – A colorful spectacle with a punch

The Chinese 5 Color is a striking one Capsicum annuum This precious stone beautifully combines with culinary use. This productive pepper owes its name to the special color play of its fruits, which often varies depending on the season. multiple colors at the same time on one plant to be admired.

The small, upright peppers start out dark purple and change color during ripening. cream and yellow to orange, eventually deep red to mature. Especially when the plant is in full fruit-bearing season, this creates an impressive color palette.

Chinese 5 Color, however, is much more than just a decorative pepper. The fruits are completely edible and have a sweet, slightly spicy flavor. 30,000–50,000 SHU Quite spicy. They have a spicy pepper flavor and can be used excellently both fresh and dried in the kitchen. Oak Summit Nursery

🌱 Cultivation info
Type: Capsicum annuum
Sharpness: approx. 30,000–50,000 SHU
Fruits: small, upright and cone-shaped
Length: approx. 2–4 cm
Color: purple → cream → yellow → orange → red
Taste: spicy, slightly earthy and quite spicy
Plant: bushy and very decorative
Height: usually approx. 40–60 cm
Sowing: February–March indoors
Location: warm and sunny
Pollination: open pollination – not completely isolated, which makes cross-pollination possible

🌈 Five colors in one plant
The special thing about Chinese 5 Color is that the different ripening stages can be present simultaneously. As a result, they can Purple, cream, yellow, orange and red peppers hanging next to each other on the same plant.

Our own plants show this very beautifully. Some fruits even show this when they turn brown. multiple colors at the same time, This means that no two peppercorns look exactly the same.

🍴 Use
Unlike many peppers that are mainly grown for their ornamental value, Chinese 5 Color is also interesting for use in the kitchen. The peppers can be used fresh in Salsas, spicy dishes and sauces, But they are also suitable for drying and processing into chili flakes or chili powder. The combination of ornamental value and usability is also emphasized by specialized providers. tyler-farms.com

🌿 Also beautiful in a pot
Thanks to its bushy growth and the abundance of colorful fruits, Chinese 5 Color is particularly suitable as ornamental pot plant on terrace or balcony. This way you get to see new colors constantly throughout most of the season.

📸 The displayed plants and peppers are from our own cultivation.

🌶️🌈 Chinese 5 Color is a pepper that you would almost grow for the colors alone – but with its strong spiciness and usability in the kitchen, you get a lot more from it.