PlantFiles: Bell Pepper
Capsicum annuum 'Flavorburst'

If anything this plant is misnamed. It had nearly no flavor compared to all other peppers I grew. It was also not productive, the peppers were thin-walled, and they sun-scalded terribly. Perhaps this is a pepper adapted to other regions. We have hot days, cool nights, and very low humidity. Nearly no rain, all substantial water is from irrigation.

We grew two of these plants in 2010 with a good deal of success. They set a large number of medium/large peppers throughout the summer, and the flavor is among the best I have ever tasted. Great for fajitas, sausage and pepper sandwiches, pizza toppings, and in tomato sauces. These became our favorite peppers and my wife loved them so much that she insisted that I grow these again in 2011!

Last summer was cold and wet, a bad year for peppers, so I'll give these another chance, but I have to say I was unimpressed. Each plant produced maybe 3 peppers total, and the walls were very thin. The peppers were an unusual, attractive color -- chartreuse, turning slightly orange when overripe, but never really yellow. The taste was OK, but the walls were so thin that I didn't really know what to do with them. Perhaps they are just particularly sensitive to weather conditions -- I had reduced, but still decent, yields from my hot peppers last year, although the hot pepper quality was still good -- unlike these Flavorburst peppers.

Flavorburst is easily the best yellow bell pepper I have grown. It has shown good growth habits and produced an abundance of large, thick-walled peppers in my garden. The peppers color up early in the season and have some of the best flavor of any bell I have grown.

A blocky (4 x 4 inch) yellow hybrid bell.