Ornamental Capsicum Annuum Peppers Medusa Pepper 100 Seeds sweet, ornamental chili pepper which grows upright, brightly colored fruit, which is long and thin, producing a "hair of snakes" look productive in warm and dry climates The fruit are berries that may be green, yellow or red when ripe. The plant is not an annual and in the absence of winter frosts can survive several seasons and grow into a large perennial shrub.