Warm-season · same growing culture as bell peppers, more heat-tolerant fruit set
Chili Peppers
Capsicum annuum (most common hot types — jalapeño, cayenne, serrano); hotter varieties (habanero, ghost pepper) are Capsicum chinense, a related but genuinely different species
Same basic culture as this bed's Bell Pepper card, but hotter varieties often set fruit more reliably in real summer heat, right when bell peppers tend to drop blossoms.
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