Pepper Description: The Purple Bubblegum 7 Pot is the latest in a line of pepper with color that bleeds upward into the caps (or calyx for the proper botanical term). The pods stay purple throughout the entire growth period. It's hard to tell when they are ripe, but the telltale sign is you begin to see red on the pod tops (see photos to see red coloring). Fruity, delicious at a scotch bonnet level heat. These are extremely prolific. Our plants were loaded to the point of breaking.