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In addition to growing my usual favorites, this year I'm growing four new (to me) varieties of peppers. Turk's Cap (described as a medium hot Capsicum chinense), PI281317 (a hot chinense), Yellow Pointy (a very hot chinense), and Tasmanian Black (a medium hot annuum).

The first to set fruit was, as expected, the Tasmanian Black. What a beautiful pepper! It starts out an almost neon light green and quickly starts turning dark purple. Quite a stunner. I have four plants in the ground and one in a container, the container plant is about 3 feet tall and all the in-ground ones are about 2 feet tall.

I've followed the growth of the first pepper to appear with daily photos. This is an in-ground plant that was barely clinging to life a couple of months back. I planted it outside the main garden in the "Hope they make it" or "Convalescence" area. (Everything planted there did make it!)

I hope my baby pictures aren't too boring.

This is the container Tasmanian Black; PI281317 on the left, Trinadad Scorpion Butch T on the right.