BROWN ROCOTO

ANDEAN HAIRY CHILLI 

SOUTH AMERICAN HEIRLOOM

RARE PERENNIAL CHILLI SPECIES

GLOSSY BROWN FLESHY FRUITS

HAIRY STEMS AND LEAVES

PURPLE LOWERS

UNIQUE

ANDEAN ROCOTO CHILLIES, CAPSICUM PUBSCENS, ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST CHILLI SPECIES IN CULTIVATION AND THIS BROWN VARIETY  WAS DOMESTICATED BY THE INCAS AND AZTECS OVER FIVE THOUSDAND YEARS AGO

CAPABLE OF REACHING 2 METRES IN HEIGHT THIS PERENNIAL CHILLI SPECIES IS ALSO SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE TREE PEPPER

YOU ARE BIDDING ON 6 FRESH ORGANICALLY PRODUCED SEEDS

WITH FUZZY LEAVES, WONDERFUL PURPLE FLOWERS AND AMAZING JET BLACK SEEDS THIS TRUE PERENNIAL CHILLI PEPPER WILL GROW FOR YOU YEAR AFTER YEAR

AFTER FLOWERING THE TALL AND VIGOROUS PLANTS WILL PRODUCE JUICY, THICK FLESHED, GLOSSY BROWN FRUITS WITH JET BLACK SEEDS

THE CHILLIES CAN BE SEARINGLY HOT AT UP TO 100,000 SCOVILLES AND HAVE AN INTENSE BURN WHICH DEVELOPS TO A DISTINCT FRUITY FLAVOUR.

USE FRESH OR DRIED AS A FLAVOURING DURING COOKING AND REMOVE BEFORE SERVING FOR THE MORE DELICATE PALATE

THIS VARIETY IS ALSO EXCELLENT FOR HOME MADE HOT CHILLI SAUCE AND STUFFING AND ROASTING

AT THE END OF THE SEASON THE PLANT CAN BE PRUNED HARD AND EASILY OVERWINTERED IN A FROST FREE PLACE

FULL GERMINATION AND CULTURAL DETAILS SUPPLIED

COMBINED P+P ON MULTIPLE ITEMS

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