- Heirloom
- No heat
- 75 days to maturity (from transplant)
- 0 SHU
- Purple
Lilac Bell
Lilac
Heirloom no heat pepper from Unknown. A sweet bell eaten mostly raw, where the lavender color shows. Ready in about 75 days from transplant.
Single source · Updated Sep 27, 2026 · Values marked like this (estimated) are estimates.
At a glance
- Heat
- No heat 0 SHU
- Pod
- Ribbed 4–6 oz (120–180 g) (estimated)
Three- to four-lobed bell about 115 mm long and 90 mm wide, slightly longer than broad, lavender before ripening to red.
- Species
- Capsicum annuum
- Days to harvest
- 75 days from transplant · Midseason
- Plant height
- 2–3 ft (61–91 cm) Medium height
- Spacing
- 18 × 30 in (46 × 76 cm)
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Position
- Handles open positions
- Growing sites
- Greenhouse · Open ground
- Container growing
- Not suited to pots
- Difficulty
- Easy-moderate (estimated) 2/5
- Skin
-
- Purple
- Red
Heat
Scoville heat units
No heat
Lilac Bell Scoville heat units: 0 SHU
No heat at all, the band California Wonder and Jimmy Nardello sit in. Sweet enough to eat raw by the handful, and it includes Habanada, a habanero with the heat bred out.
Flavor
“A sweet bell eaten mostly raw, where the lavender color shows.”
Growing calendar
75 days from transplant Midseason
Timing shown for temperate climates; sow indoors 7–9 (estimated) weeks before your last frost date. Look up your last frost date by ZIP code →
Disease resistance
- T Tobacco mosaic virus
Uses & tags
- Fresh & salads
- Stuffing
- Slicing
- Novelty color
Origin
Lilac Bell is a sweet bell pepper grown for its color: the fruit sets lavender and later ripens to red. True Leaf Market sells it as an open-pollinated heirloom Capsicum annuum with no heat, 70 to 80 days from transplant, and gives the fruit as 4 1/2 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide with three or four lobes, on a plant 24 to 36 inches tall. It also lists resistance to tobacco mosaic virus. The Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions compendium has a lavender bell called Lilac from the seed company Northrup-King, but whether the shops' open-pollinated Lilac Bell is the same pepper is not documented, so this record does not borrow that entry and gives no origin.
Sources
Where to buy seeds
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Questions
How do you grow a Lilac Bell plant?
A Lilac Bell plant grows 2–3 ft (61–91 cm) tall. Space plants 18 in (46 cm) apart in rows 30 in (76 cm) apart. Start seed indoors 7–9 weeks before your last frost (estimated); it germinates in 7–10 days. It needs full sun.
How long does Lilac Bell take to mature?
Lilac Bell is ready in about 75 days from transplant.
How hot is Lilac Bell?
Lilac Bell sits in the no heat range, about 0–0 Scoville heat units. Figures vary between seed sellers, so treat them as a band rather than a measurement.
Can Lilac Bell be grown in a container?
Lilac Bell is better suited to open ground or a greenhouse bed than a container.
Is Lilac Bell resistant to disease?
Lilac Bell carries documented resistance to Tobacco mosaic virus.
