Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 29 JuneA Devil’s Tongue pepper on 29 June already branching low into a bush, its deep green blades quilted hard between impressed veins and the lowest two held out flat almost the full width of the pot, on a compost-dusted bench indoors.Week of 6 JulyA young transplant on 6 July, barely a dozen leaves and no bud on it, each blade puckered deep between sunken veins and rippling at its untoothed edge, several browned and torn at the margin and one holed clean through.
