Colour, Yellow

Plant height in cm, 70-90

Med sized shrub producing edible red berries similar to cranberries. 

Highbush cranberries are a delicious, tart wild fruit that taste a bit like cranberries.

Origin: Japan. 

Other Names: Chilies Japones. 

Plant Characteristics: 2-3 feet tall, multi-branched, with peppers growing in upright clusters of 5-6. 

Flavor: Similar to Cayenne or Thai peppers, with a fruity and spicy taste. 

Heat Level: 40,000 – 75,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). 

Culinary Uses: Used fresh when a milder heat is desired, and dried and ground for shichimi togarashi. 

Growth: Highly productive, with new peppers appearing as older ones are harvested. 

Popularity: One of the most prolific Capsicum Annuum hot peppers. 

The Ubatuba Cambuci pepper has a mild heat level, ranging from 0.5–2 on the Scoville scale. It's a sweet pepper from Brazil that's also known as the Christmas Bell pepper. 

Heat level:

The Ubatuba Cambuci pepper has a mild heat level, ranging from 0.5–2 on the Scoville scale. 

The heat is exclusively present in the center of the fruit, the wings or petals being devoid of it. 

Flavor: 

The Ubatuba Cambuci pepper has a sweet, fruity flavor with an apple-like crunch.

It has a spicy flavor at first, but then it will simmer down with fruity sweetness.

Uses:

The Ubatuba Cambuci pepper is excellent to use for salads, sandwiches, stuffing, salsas, sauces, and jam. 

It can be enjoyed green or red. 

Vaccinium angustifolium

Stratification: Cold stratify 90 days or sow outdoors in late fall or winter. Mix with vermiculite or perlite or moss and place in plastic bag and fridge for 6 weeks. Sow seed at soil tops, do not let seed dry out.

Blueberries produce clusters of small urn-shaped flowers that range in colour from white to pale pink. The fruits are true berries with many small seeds and are a deep indigo to black colour when ripe.

Size: Lowbush blueberries can grow up to two feet tall and wide. 

Leaves: Lowbush blueberry leaves are short-stalked, elliptic, and have finely serrated edges. The upper surface is pale to dark green, while the lower surface is lighter green. 

Flowers: In the spring, lowbush blueberries produce small, white, or pink bell-shaped flowers. 

Berries: Lowbush blueberries produce small, juicy, blue berries in the summer. The berries are rich in vitamin C and sugars. 

Fall color: In the fall, lowbush blueberry leaves turn bronze, scarlet, and crimson. 

Winter color: In the winter, lowbush blueberry twigs turn yellow-green to reddish. 

Habitat 

Lowbush blueberries grow in open conifer woods, sandy or rocky balds, and old fields.

They prefer full sun to partial shade and acidic, moist to dry soils.

Uses 

Lowbush blueberries are often used in jams and jellies.

They are also eaten by wildlife, such as bears.

Lowbush blueberries are occasionally used to revegetate disturbed sites.

The fruit is long and wrinkled, and ripens from green to a vibrant color like red, yellow, or chocolate. The fruit is similar in shape to the Fatalii pepper, but with smoother skin. 

The Devil's Tongue pepper has a sweet and lemony flavor with a slightly tangy undertone. 

The Devil's Tongue pepper is extremely hot, with a Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) rating of 125,000 to 325,000. 

The Devil's Tongue pepper is a popular choice for spicy salsas, hot sauces, and pickling. 

The Devil's Tongue pepper was discovered in the 1990s growing in the garden of an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania. Its exact origins and parentage are unknown.

Light Conditions: Sun to Shade

Size: 20-80" Tall and Spreading

Bloom Period: June-July

Bloom Colour: White

Growth Habit: Aggressive to Very Aggressive

Zone 3

Stratification Required: 2-3 months

All natural seed starter pots that contain premium Canadian sphagnum peat

Slow down the speed of spreading seed, distribute the seed evenly. 5 adjustable patterns control the quantity of the seed easily.

No clumping of seeds, works with even the smallest seeds.

This fiery pepper blend features a mix of ghost pepper varieties known for their intense heat and smoky, slightly fruity flavor. The peppers ripen in shades of red, chocolate, peach, and yellow, creating a vibrant and powerful mix ideal for hot sauces, salsas, drying, and extreme spice lovers. Despite their scorching heat, ghost peppers offer a surprisingly complex taste with sweet and earthy undertones.

Heat Level:

 800,000 – 1,050,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Units)

Typical Uses:

Hot sauces and chili oils

Spicy powders and flakes

Extreme heat salsas

Drying for long-term storage