Gardens at Mathews

Pepper ‘Sweet Chocolate’

Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.

The photographs

A small pepper plant in a black pot on a whitewashed table, a handwritten label in front of it, with a wire shelving rack, a timber wall and a bare concrete floor beyond.
Week of 1 JuneA small pepper plant in a black pot on a whitewashed table, a handwritten label in front of it, with a wire shelving rack, a timber wall and a bare concrete floor beyond.
A pepper plant with broad dark green leaves and a single white flower at its centre, in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag with a label handwritten in blue.
Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant with broad dark green leaves and a single white flower at its centre, in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag with a label handwritten in blue.
A pepper plant standing in a black fabric grow bag topped with pale dried grass, a small white label at its foot and neighbouring bags of red-brown bark to either side.
Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant standing in a black fabric grow bag topped with pale dried grass, a small white label at its foot and neighbouring bags of red-brown bark to either side.

What happened

Crop
Pepper
Variety
Sweet Chocolate
Transplanted
16 June 2026
Status
failed

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