Description

Sweet pepper Candy Cane red
Capsicum annuum

Small, thin-fleshed sweet pepper, delicious and sweet, perfect for lunch boxes. 6 to 10 cm in length. Turns from striped green to red at maturity. More or less variegated ornamental foliage. Early and very productive. Plant height 30 to 60 cm. Suitable for container gardening. Sometimes produces orange peppers. 65 days to maturity.

Full sun, well drained and rich soil. Sow indoors 10 to 14 weeks before the last frost. Transplant when temperature is above 10°C. 6 mm deep. 40 cm between plants. Germinates in 7 to 10 days at 28-30°C

Germination: 87% in November 2025
Ecological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.

Note
The original Candy Cane is a hybrid sweet red pepper with variegated leaves. Some growers have been working to stabilize it over the last few years, but it’s not yet totally stable. Our original seeds come from Deaflora in Germany. All our plants were variegated, with the vast majority producing red peppers, and only a few producing orange peppers. We only sell seeds harvested from red peppers, but through genetics or unintentional crossing, some seeds could give orange peppers.