annual vegetable
Shishito pepper
Pick young and blister in hot oil; one of the easiest peppers to grow.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a-11a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam, sandy
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Vegetables & herbs
Harvest & Use
small mild peppers all summer
Useful search phrase: shishito pepper seeds.
Plant Relationships
Companion Medium
Peppers and eggplants share tomato-like growing conditions and pair cleanly with nearby flowering or aromatic companions in mixed beds.
Companion Medium
Warm-season vegetables benefit from nearby flower strips that keep bloom and insect activity close to the crop bed.