Plant Information
Pot-a-peño Pepper
All-America Selections Regional Winner 
Product Information
2022 HandPicked Vegetable & Herb BrochureBench Card
Download a Bench CardScientific Name: Capsicum annuum
Common Name: Jalapeño Pepper
Blooming Season: Summer
Plant Habit: Mounded
Characteristics: Culinary Use
Water: Medium
Fertilize: Every two weeks
Spacing: 12 - 18" (30 - 46cm)
Height: 12 - 15" (30 - 38cm)
Width: 18 - 20" (46 - 51cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Spice up your vegetable garden with this unique cascading jalapeño pepper plant, perfect for small spaces or hanging baskets. Tons of jalapeño fruit grow under a dense canopy of small, dark green leaves. Harvest fruit green for a traditional spicy zip in any dish or allow to ripen to red for a sweet, spicy flavor.
Type : Hot
Heat : 2 - mildly hot
Class : Jalapeño
Habit : Bush, compact, medium
Fruit Color : Green to red
Fruit Size : 3-4 in./8-10 cm long x 0.75-1.25 in./2-3 cm wide
Days to maturity from transplant (green) : 45-50
Days to maturity from transplant (ripe) : 60-65
- Pot-a-peño’s unique compact habit is perfect for patio containers.
- Early maturing means this will be one of the first peppers to fruit in the garden.
- Tons of jalapeño fruit grow under a dense canopy of small, dark green leaves.
- Harvest fruit green for a traditional spicy zip in any dish or allow to ripen to red for a sweet, spicy flavour.
- All-America Selections Regional Winner, Great Lakes, West/Northwest.