tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post2853083098698479496..comments2024-03-27T03:14:31.886-07:00Comments on Native Florida Wildflowers: Bird Pepper - Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculumHawthorn Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879920186201900051noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-39540834685746882612022-10-30T02:08:33.007-07:002022-10-30T02:08:33.007-07:00You may not find anyone that sells seed of this sp...You may not find anyone that sells seed of this species, but it is sometimes offered as plants by native nurseries. Once you have a plant or two, you can collect seed from your own plants.Hawthorn Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879920186201900051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-40618358087255294962022-10-29T08:08:24.906-07:002022-10-29T08:08:24.906-07:00Where can get seeds for this pepper? My great gra...Where can get seeds for this pepper? My great grandmother used to grow them.Ernie Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651989772421238082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-75454827453126661422022-10-26T14:34:12.960-07:002022-10-26T14:34:12.960-07:00I believe we have mostly the wild birds to thank f...I believe we have mostly the wild birds to thank for these wonderful wild and wildly hot little peppers. That's how we got two bushes started in our backyard this year -- perhaps not so ironically since we just started feeding the the birds in our backyard this year. VERY exciting and didn't spot them until they were already producing the tiny red berries, which I love to add to my homemade V8-style juice! For a whole blenderful (about 5 cups) I like to use about 2. More than that I can do if I want to add a BIG kick. Also just found out that this little pepper became the Texas State Pepper in 1997. I know they also grow as far west as Arizona. I had lived in a different part of Austin, Texas ten years ago where a big bush grew wild across the street from where I lived. Loved those things and never saw them anywhere for actually more like 12 years until they popped up in our yard this year. Yippee....!!! Thank you, birdies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-62541592025682258922020-09-10T14:55:42.622-07:002020-09-10T14:55:42.622-07:00The birds eat most of my peppers before I can get ...The birds eat most of my peppers before I can get them to eat or seed. Then, when I was not looking, my bush died. I suggest planting a little one under or next to a mature one so you never have to go without peppers or happy birdsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609860836939301624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615802895251532423.post-82436321014053853192020-08-24T15:30:17.411-07:002020-08-24T15:30:17.411-07:00Question: having grown up in the Philippines, we ...Question: having grown up in the Philippines, we used these frequently- and sparingly! in our cooking. Would the Spaniards have brought them, or would they possibly be native there? FYI.... the leaves are excellent in soups= adds a slightly peppery zing to the broth! I cook with the pepper leaves more than the peppers themselves! <br />KarenPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690307118244346956noreply@blogger.com