Sweet Pepper Thor Live Plant – Grow Your Own Vegetables

Bring fresh, home-grown flavour to your kitchen with this Sweet Pepper Thor live plant. Thor is a reliable and productive sweet pepper variety, known for producing large, thick-walled, blocky bell peppers that ripen from green to a vibrant red. Ideal for growing in greenhouses, polytunnels, or a warm, sheltered patio spot, this plant is supplied as an established, outdoor garden-ready plant in a 2Ltr root ball, giving it a strong head start for the growing season.

Sweet Pepper Thor is well-suited to UK growing conditions when given a warm, sunny position. The compact, bushy habit makes it an excellent choice for containers as well as vegetable beds and borders. Enjoy an abundant harvest of sweet, crunchy peppers throughout summer and into autumn – perfect for salads, stir-fries, roasting, and stuffing.

What's Included:

• 1 x Sweet Pepper Thor Live Plant


• Supplied in a 2Ltr Root Ball


• Established and outdoor garden ready

Cultural Information:

• Botanical Name: Capsicum annuum 'Thor'


• Common Names: Sweet Pepper Thor, Bell Pepper


• Classification: Half-Hardy Annual Vegetable


• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 45–60 cm x 30–45 cm


• Growth Habit: Compact, Bushy, Upright


• Perfect For: Greenhouses, Polytunnels, Sheltered Patios, Containers, Vegetable Beds


• Fruiting Season: Summer to Autumn (typically July–October)


• Fruit Colour: Green, ripening to Red


• Planting Position: Full Sun, Sheltered


• Watering: Keep consistently moist, avoid waterlogging


• Feeding: Regular feeding with a high-potash fertiliser once fruits begin to set


• Type: Half-Hardy Annual


• Foliage: Mid-Green, Oval Leaves

Growing Tips:

• Plant out after all risk of frost has passed, or grow under cover for best results.


• Support stems with a small cane as fruits develop to prevent breakage.


• Pinch out the growing tip once the plant reaches approximately 30 cm to encourage a bushier habit and more fruit.


• Harvest regularly to encourage continued cropping throughout the season.

Please Note: Live plants may vary slightly in size and appearance from images shown. Plants are dispatched in the best condition for establishment and may appear trimmed or compact during transit. This plant is supplied in a 2Ltr root ball.