Matthew Maran / Red bell pepper on white background.

Pal Hermansen / Vegetable market with Green bell peppers (Capsicum annuum) Havana, Cuba, January.

Pal Hermansen / Peppers (Capsicum annuum) and Aubergines (Solanum melongena) at market stall, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Chilli (Capsicum annuum) flower, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, October.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Aji Dulce (Capsicum sp.) peppers harvested fo sale at Market of Belen. Iquitos. Loreto. Peru October 2009

Gary K. Smith / Selection of freshly picked organic Sweet and Chilli Peppers, in rustic basket on country kitchen table, UK

Gary K. Smith / Home grown greenhouse peppers {Capsicum annuum} 'lany', freshly picked in bowl, ready for kitchen, UK

Gary K. Smith / Selection of freshly picked organic Sweet and Chilli Peppers, in rustic basket on country kitchen table, UK

Gary K. Smith / Selection of freshly picked organic Sweet and Chilli Peppers, in rustic basket on country kitchen table, UK

Gary K. Smith / Freshly picked home grown organic Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes, in rustic trug on country kitchen table, UK

Gary K. Smith / Freshly picked home grown organic Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes, in rustic basket on country kitchen table, UK

Gary K. Smith / Freshly picked home grown organic Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes, in rustic basket on country kitchen table, UK

Gary K. Smith / Home grown greenhouse harvest of Sweet peppers, chilli peppers and tomatoes in a rustic blue trug, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Home grown greenhouse harvest of Sweet peppers, chilli peppers and tomatoes in a rustic blue trug, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Home grown greenhouse harvest of Sweet peppers, chilli peppers and tomatoes in a rustic blue trug, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Close up shot of home grown greenhouse harvest of Sweet peppers, chilli peppers and tomatoes, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Home grown greenhouse harvest of, Sweet peppers, chilli peppers and tomatoes in a rustic blue trug on greenhouse bench, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Three Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum) one of each red, green and yellow

Nature Production / Sweet / Bell Pepper plant {Capsicum annuum var. grossum} with fruit and flowers, Japan

Fabio Liverani / Green pepper leaf and fruit {Capsicum anuum} Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Green pepper on plant {Capsicum anuum} Belgium

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Fresh vegetable stall, including daikon, tomatoes, carrots and peppers. Tromsikhang Market, old quarter of Lhasa, Tibet, China.

Nigel Cattlin / Stem rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) sclerotia shown in a sectioned stem of Chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum), Thailand, South East Asia.

Will Watson / Ice-age pool in the Wye Valley with non-native Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus), tree reflections, Herefordshire, England, UK. May, 2021.

Nigel Cattlin / Two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) damage to Capsicum pepper (Capsicum annuum) leaves in a garden greenhouse, Berkshire, UK, August.

Jeff Foott / Thimphu Market with woman selling peppers and apples, Bhutan. September 2013.

Linda Pitkin / Sweet-flag (Acorus calamus). Hampton Court, Richmond on Thames, England, UK. August.

Matthew Maran / Yellow bell pepper on white background.