The peppers comes from Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
The name pepper was given by Christopher Columbus when he brought the plant to Europe .
The flowers of pepper are self-pollinated and produce fruit without the aid of insects.
However, red peppers is very easy to cross with chili and make it happily.
You need to isolate your plants , keeping about 50 meters from any other chili peppers grown around.
Even if you grow only one variety to keep watch lest other varieties grown in gardens or adjacent parcels.