Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 22 JuneA King of the North pepper on 23 June, already branched into two or three shoots from one short crown with its leaves lying out almost flat, and a single tiny pale bud tucked in among the new growth, everything still droplet-beaded after rain.Week of 6 JulyA King of the North pepper on 9 July, one flower already hanging spent from the crown — a green five-lobed calyx holding a bell of tan-brown petals pointing straight down — with wide scalloped bites out of the leaf margins and dew on every blade.Week of 31 AugustA King of the North pepper hangs from a peduncle bent over in a shepherd's hook on 3 September, still clean glossy green and fluted down its length, its own dried flower clinging at the blossom end — with seeded grass arching across the frame in front.Week of 28 SeptemberA King of the North pepper on 29 September, one blocky mature-green fruit hanging pendant from an arched pedicel as long as the fruit is tall, its three-lobed blossom end split by two shallow creases. Soft overcast light, flat and shadowless.
