vegetable variety
Lipstick
Sweet Pepper · Capsicum annuum
USDA hardiness range
- Zones
- 4a–7b
- Days to harvest
- 60 to 90
- Sun
- Full
- Water
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- annual
At a glance
Very sweet, juicy, thick-walled red conical pepper; outstanding fresh-eating quality. Salads, fresh, roasting. Productive even in cooler short-season areas.
Growing Lipstick
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Flavor, texture, and use
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Growing notes
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Lipstick by zone
Zone-specific suitability, frost timing, and adjacent-zone notes.
Other sweet pepper varieties
4 sibling cultivars profiled on ZonePlant.
- California Wonder
Mild, sweet, classic green-then-red bell pepper; thick crisp walls. Fresh slicing, stuffing, roasting. Open-po…
- Carmen
Sweet, fruity, slightly smoky; long red Italian frying pepper. Sauteing, roasting, fresh slicing. AAS winner, …
- Shishito
Mildly sweet with occasional spicy surprise (~1 in 10); thin-walled green Japanese pepper. Blistered in oil, t…
- Sweet Banana
Mild-sweet, tangy, pale yellow tapered pepper turning red; Hungarian-style. Fresh, pickling, frying. Heavy pro…
Frequently asked questions
- What zones does the Lipstick sweet pepper grow in?
Lipstick grows in USDA zones 4a through 7b.
- How does Lipstick compare to other sweet pepper varieties?
Lipstick is one of 5 sweet pepper varieties profiled on ZonePlant. See the full sweet pepper variety table for side-by-side comparison.
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Image: "Capsicum annuum", by Eric Hunt, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC-BY Source.
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