Christmas Bell peppers, also known as Bishops Hat or Bishops Crown peppers are a middle ranged sweet-hot pepper.

And seriously …. They really do look like little tiny bells !

My neighbor gave me one of his pepper plants in October before he left for the “winter”. Probably as I mentioned to him how I love hot peppers. None of the peppers had turned red at that time (they do not get hot till they go red). I took it inside once weather turned cold, and have been its loving caretaker since then. In November I had a few peppers go red, and now in late December, they all are red. And it has finally indeed given quite a few nice red, hot peppers. They are indeed now little Christmas Bells.

I till try to coax the plant through the full winter “as is” (avoiding any trimming). Looking currently like it needs more light due to recent weeks of foggy weather, and a bit of nutrients. Will see what I may or may not do to keep it going. Stay tuned.