Chilean Pernettya mucronata
Chilean Pernetia from the Ericaceae heather family is a short (0.5-1 meter), always green shrub that blooms from May to June.It has tiny white or light pink flowers, but they are not the ones that make this plant decorative.
Spherical fruit with a diameter of 8-12 millimeters, which remain on the branches for a long time, are more decorative than flowers. Depending on the variety, the fruit has the following colors: white ('Alba'), dark red ('Bell's Seedling'), lilac ('Lilacina') or pink ('Stag River').
This shrub looks beautiful in combination with heather, briar, ivy, dormant, calocephalus.Requires a bright position and a fertile, humus, acidic and moist substrate.For the winter, the plant must be covered or brought to a cool room. Pernet can be propagated from seeds, layering and using tip cuttings.
Capsicum annum
Annual peppers from the Solanaceae family are closely related to the spice peppers.Its botanical name comes from the Greek word kapto, which means to bite or bite. It has to do with the spicy taste of its fruit.
The plant has an upright, bushy habit and reaches a height of 30 to 50 centimeters. From small flowers it produces fruits of various shapes (round, ovate, pyramidal or prismatic) and of various colors (yellow, orange, red, purple and even white).
It is most often sold during the fruiting phase, i.e. in autumn. The plant likes a bright position and a substrate rich in nutrients. We water it sparingly, but regularly.To prevent premature wilting of the fruit, place the pot with annual pepper on moist gravel, sand or expanded clay.We propagate it from seeds in spring.
