Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA small pepper seedling alone in a wide black fabric grow bag of bark and perlite compost, a wooden label behind it, sunlit grass and a ribbed blue plastic crate alongside.Week of 1 JuneA pepper seedling's glossy leaves close in dark compost flecked with perlite, a wooden label lettered in green standing over it, timber shelving blurred behind.Week of 29 JuneA slender dark-stemmed pepper plant with one small purple flower, standing in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a split-rail fence and low evening sun behind.Week of 6 JulyYoung pepper plants in straw-mulched fabric grow bags, a pink handwritten label pushed into the straw of the nearest bag and flattened cardboard laid over the grass beyond.Week of 20 JulyA small purple pepper standing upright on its stem, a purple flower and a dried spent bloom on the same branch, with a black fabric grow bag blurred behind.Week of 20 JulyA single glossy purple pepper standing upright on the plant against a clear blue sky, black fabric grow bags and green mesh fencing behind, straw mulch below.Week of 27 JulyA glossy aubergine-purple pepper on the plant, smaller purple fruits and pale drooping flowers above it, with black grow bags, a split-rail fence and blue sky behind.Week of 17 AugustTwo peppers on one woody stem, a small dusky purple fruit above and a swollen apricot-orange one below with rain beading on it, black fabric bags blurred behind.Week of 17 AugustA dusky purple pepper above and a larger apricot-orange one below on the same branching stem in full sun, with a white label, black fabric bags and blue sky behind.Week of 17 AugustA single glossy orange pepper hanging among mid-green leaves, broad at the shoulders and tapering to a blunt rounded end, its skin freckled with small dark flecks. Above and behind it, out of focus, a second pepper of the same plant is still dusky purple turning to pink.Week of 24 AugustA single small scarlet pepper, barely longer than wide, sitting upright on a dark purple-brown woody stem among smooth leaves with purple-tinged veins.
