Thanks everyone who responded. Sorry I haven't gotten back 'til now, but this is a busy time getting things ready for the big freeze, which oddly enough we haven't had yet here in SD. I didn't know there was a pepper forum. Now I know I can look for it. I also wasn't sure how easily peppers crossed. Easily, I guess. I would have to look up where I had everything two years ago, but nothing in my garden can be far enough away from anything else to not cross if the plants are so inclined. I guess I would have to go the row cover route if I didn't want the crosses to happen, since things are so close in my garden I asked about the Cubanelle peppers because that is what the peppers in question look like, although they are green still as they didn't have enough time here in SD to get yellow or red. Well, actually one of them is pointed on the bottom, but they are about six inches long and three inches across. I have never grown Cubanelles because I don't have a very long season, and the seed catalogues all have indicated that Cubanelles take a longer time. These peppers didn't really form 'til later than all the others, as if they were a longer growth period type like Cubanelle. Unfortunately, the wax peppers were sweet ones, so the hotness trait wouldn't be evident, so I don't have that to give me a clue. It is nice to know it is dominant, though. It is fun to see what happens when I try something I haven't done before, like saving seeds and planting them. It gives me more things to wonder and learn about.

Hi! Kathy I would love to see that picture! :) So are you saying that I maybe able to leave them outside over winter? I have Datura here that has never came back after winter so I figured the Brugs wouldnt either.Any advice on that would be awesome! :) Speaking of Datura,my first one ever was the infamous Jimsonweed,well I had no clue what it was when it appeared in my flower bed out front.It grew to be the size of my garage door,no exaggeration.It stopped traffic,and being I live on a main road,that wasnt a good thing...lol..lots of horns beeping! Anyway,I didnt take a pic,because I assumed that was just how big they got,I wish I would have though, because none of the others have grown to that size since! :( This year I am growing all kinds of Datura,and now of course the Brug bug has bitten me! Oh what a wonderful season this will be for me! Thanks so much for your support and advice,I cant wait to share with you guys! :)

I wish that Blue Stone Perennials were in Canada...oh well...they did have some heuchera that I don't have here.... LinBar, I don't mind at all that you posted on the Far North. I also love heuchera!!! I would love to see your list of heuchera. I am slowly putting together a powerpoint presentation on heuchera for presenting at gardening events. Lots of info out there for heuchera! The internet is a wonderful source of info. Here is a list of heuchera that have overwintered at least one winter for me on my Canadian zone 2b acreage.... Amethyst Mist Arctic Mist Blackout Brandon Pink Bressingham Hybrids Caramel Cherry Jubilee Chocolate Ruffles Crimson Curls Dale's Strain Dark Secret Dolce Blackcurrant Dr. Sitars Strain Firefly Georgia Peach Harvest Lemon Chiffon Licorice Marmalade Midnight Rose Molly Bush Palace Purple Peach Flambe Peppermint Spice Petite Pewter Veil Plum Pudding Purple Petticoats Regina Ruby Mist Silver Indiana Sparkling Burgundy Stormy Seas Strawberry Swirl Velvet Night Venus and, an unnamed yellow heuchera with green leaves.... These heuchera are new to me this year and I am hoping that they will also prove hardy for me... Autumn Haze Beaujolais Beauty Colour Can Can Cinnabar Silver Dolce Peach Melba Mars Miracle Pewter Moon Silver Scrolls Tiramisu I love the colorful leaves and the small dainty flowers of the heuchera. Brenda

I've had good luck with one I bought recently - Heuchera 'Key Lime Pie' - a gorgeous chartreuse. I loosened the soil away from the crown and pulled off small divisions right at the crown (they didn't have any roots attached) - actually the correct term would be basal cuttings, I guess. Anyway, I trimmed each cutting down to just a couple of the smaller, new leaves. I stuck them just deep enough to stand up in a peat:perlite mix and rooted them under intermittent mist, though you could probably use a plastic cover in the shade - anything to keep them moist. Mine took about 3 weeks to root - I got eleven out of the twelve I stuck. I will plant them out in the garden next spring. The mother plant has now grown back to about the same size it was before I took the cuttings, so am going to do some more. Heuchera Palace Purple is one that will come true from seed - you might try collecting seed.