Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 13 JulyBlack Olive peppers on 16 July, a tray of young plants whose whorled leaves are a near-black purple with a metallic sheen, streaked olive and bright green along the midribs, and one crown carrying a single violet flower with its style pushed out.Week of 24 AugustA Black Olive pepper on 29 August, so dark a purple-black it reads as eggplant, smooth and oval with faint ribs at the shoulder, hanging from a purple stalk under chartreuse leaves veined in violet with one violet flower open above.
