NO these are not chili peppers ~ they are flower buds growing out in front of our garage. My Mom had some that she got from my Grandma's old place and the things were like 6-7 feet tall, monster flowers. I brought back some of the funny little shiny black seeds (growing on the hairy stem) and planted them here in Virginia about 5 years ago. A couple of years passed and nothing came up so I sort of forgot about planting them. Well, last year 2 of them came up and boy was I surprised. This year more of them came up! Mine aren't as tall as the ones my Mom has but they're still a little taller than I am. I can't wait till the buds open. My Mom said these flowers are tiger lillies.
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These are gonna be so awesome! I love lilies, and those colors are incredible! Can't wait to see them in bloom!
wow those are big flower pods. Yes, they look like chilli peppers.
At first, I thought Chili Peppers too, but they've been on my mind lately. Then I recognized the foliage...some kind of Lily! I hope you post an image of them in bloom too. You're lucky to have grown them from seed, I'm never as lucky and opt for the bulbs instead. I love ORANGE.
Thanks Alfreda and Cynthia! I'm starting to think the things are never gonna bloom, they've been like this a week just turning more orange every day. I googled the things and found out the funny black balls on the stem are called bulbils instead of seeds. That's what I planted them from. I'll share a pic when they bloom.
Chilli peppers haha thats what I thought at first!
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