Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA pepper plant with broad glossy leaves in a black fabric grow bag mulched with bark and perlite, a printed nursery label at its side, grass beyond.Week of 1 JuneA young pepper plant centred in a black fabric grow bag on gravel, a printed label lying against the dark compost, neighbouring bags either side and mown lawn behind.Week of 22 JuneA young pepper plant seen straight down in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, its glossy pointed leaves splayed flat, a handwritten label tucked into the straw.Week of 6 JulyA young pepper plant with bright glossy leaves in a straw-mulched fabric grow bag, a pink handwritten label at its side, other bags of peppers crowding in from every edge.Week of 6 JulyGlossy pepper leaves catching low sun above the straw mulch of a black fabric grow bag, drops of dew along the upper leaves and more bags in shadow behind.Week of 3 AugustLobed green peppers with puckered, wrinkled shoulders hanging from a branching stem, with black pots below and a blurred golden background.Week of 17 AugustFour lumpy green peppers with deeply wrinkled skin hanging on smooth green stems, beaded with rain, with black fabric grow bags and bare red-orange ground blurred behind.Week of 17 AugustA large lumpy dark green pepper hanging beside a thick stem strapped to a cane with a green velcro tie, its skin glossy, with blurred foliage and pale sky behind.Week of 17 AugustA wrinkled green pepper flushing orange across one shoulder, hanging on a thick stem above a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, with more green fruit above and a rail fence behind.Week of 17 AugustA lumpy pepper ripened glossy orange-red with its base still green, hanging on a thick stem, with straw-mulched black fabric grow bags and white labels blurred behind.Week of 24 AugustSeveral wrinkled lobed peppers on pale green stems, two still green, one flushing orange at the shoulder and one below fully scarlet, with black fabric grow bags and straw behind.Week of 24 AugustA deeply gnarled scarlet chilli hanging from a thick stem and beaded with dew, its surface folded into lobes and drawn to a rough tip, with a second still dark green behind it.Week of 24 AugustSeveral deeply wrinkled lobed peppers on one plant at different stages — one green flushing orange, one small and scarlet, two still dark green — with small white flowers at the nodes.Week of 24 AugustA single squat lobed pepper hanging from a green stalk, its wrinkled surface ripening in patches from green through olive to bright orange, with three still fully green above.Week of 31 AugustThree peppers on one plant, each broad-shouldered and gathered into deep irregular folds before tapering to a small wrinkled tip, the nearest fully ripened to a wet scarlet.
