Gardening Plant Encyclopedia Houseplant Black Pepper By Viveka Neveln Viveka Neveln Instagram Viveka Neveln is the Garden Editor at BHG and a degreed horticulturist with broad gardening expertise earned over 3+ decades of practice and study. She has more than 20 years of experience writing and editing for both print and digital media. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on February 1, 2017 Share Tweet Pin Email Grow your own peppercorns with this lovely houseplant. A vine that produces chains of small round fruit, black pepper thrives in full or part sun and indoor temperatures above 65 degrees F. By selecting the time of harvest, all four types of peppercorns — black, white, green, and red — can be harvested from the same plant. Black pepper is a slow-growing vine, and plants take three to four years to start flowering and fruiting. Wait to water black pepper until the soil is visibly dry. When watering, thoroughly saturate the soil until a little water runs out the bottom of the pot. Black Pepper Overview Genus Name Piper nigrum Common Name Black Pepper Plant Type Houseplant, Vine Light Part Sun, Sun Height 8 to 20 feet Width null to 3 feet Season Features Summer Bloom Special Features Good for Containers Zones 10, 11 Propagation Division Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit