Peppapeach Stripey Peach - 10 Seeds

Striped Peach (Peppapeach Stripey) is an impressive hot pepper variety (Capsicum baccatum), created around 2021 by Chris Fowler and Matt Layton. The fruits are distinguished by an unusual peach colouring decorated with red stripes and speckles, resembling small decorative lanterns. The variety combines a fruity flavour, mild heat of 2 000–5 000 SHU and very high productivity.

Striped Peach (Peppapeach Stripey) is a relatively new variety that impresses with both flavour and appearance. The peach-coloured fruits develop characteristic red stripes and dots, which make them especially attractive on the plant.

The flavour is fruity and pleasantly spicy, without excessive heat. The plants are highly productive and yield an abundant harvest during the season. With cool overwintering and subsequent pruning, they can be preserved and develop again the following year.

Variety characteristics

✔️ Variety: Striped Peach (Peppapeach Stripey)
✔️ Botanical species: Capsicum baccatum
✔️ Type: Hot pepper
✔️ Breeders: Chris Fowler and Matt Layton
✔️ Created: around 2021
✔️ Heat: 2 000–5 000 SHU
✔️ Fruit colour: Peach with red stripes and speckles
✔️ Flavour: Fruity, sweet and spicy
✔️ Heat level: Mild to moderately hot
✔️ Yield: Very abundant
✔️ Growing: Greenhouse or outdoors
✔️ Overwintering: Possible with protection from cold.

🔥 Heat

2 000–5 000 SHU

Peppapeach Stripey is a pleasantly and moderately hot pepper. Its heat is mild enough to allow the variety's distinctive fruity flavour to remain clearly noticeable.

🌱 Sowing and growing

Sowing period: January – April
Location: indoors
Germination temperature: 20–30°C
Growing: greenhouse or outdoors
Planting outdoors: around the end of May
Support: taller plants can be tied to stakes
Pruning: suitable for shaping a compact plant.

For higher yields, greenhouse growing is recommended. In autumn, the plants can be moved into pots and continue fruiting on a bright windowsill. With cool overwintering and pruning, they can develop again in the following season.

🍴 Culinary use

The fruity flavour and relatively mild heat make this variety excellent for:

• Fresh salads
• Salsa
• Hot and sweet-and-spicy sauces
• Spicy garnishes
• Pickling
• Fresh consumption
• Decorative presentation of dishes

For salads and salsa as particularly suitable uses for this variety.

💡 Tip from Urban Botaniks: Striped Peach (Peppapeach Stripey) is an excellent choice if you are looking for a variety that is both ornamental, productive and culinarily interesting. Thanks to its relatively mild 2 000–5 000 SHU and fruity flavour, you can use a larger quantity of the beautiful striped fruits in fresh salsas and sauces without the heat completely dominating the other ingredients.