Adding an ornamental pepper plant to your garden is a great way
to bring a unique splash of color to your landscape. While many
peppers are grown with the intention of culinary use, ornamental
pepper plants are meant mainly for aesthetic purposes and are
not harvested or eaten. When growing ornamental peppers, it’s
important to understand how to care for them. The more you learn
about care and maintenance of ornamental pepper plants, the more
likely it is that they’ll thrive once you get them in the
ground. Ornamental pepper plants will grow best when placed in
the right location. Ideally, you should strive to plant your
ornamental peppers in an area that receives direct sunlight for
much of the day. While it can be difficult to control
temperatures, ornamental pepper plants will thrive between 65
and 75 degrees, although slight variation is generally not
considered to be a problem. Watering an ornamental pepper plant
is a crucial part of the growing process. In order to determine
how much water your plant ne