Pepper Varieties

  • 77 days to harvest

  • Hot

  • 6-8” fruit

  • Productive plant

Anaheim Chile

  • 90 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Tiny 1” peppers

  • Slightly fruity flavor

Biquinho Red

  • 80 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Turkish heirloom

  • Long, skinny fruit up to 10”

Corbaci

  • 58 days to harvest

  • Medium heat

  • Good disease resistance

  • Pickling variety

Pepperoncini

  • 74 days to harvest

  • Medium heat, milder when green

  • Drying pepper

  • 4” long fruit

Ancho Pablano

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  • 75 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Bell pepper

Cali Wonder Bell

  • 60-75 days to harvest

  • Medium hot

  • 1.5” Fruit

  • Ornamental

Aurora

  • 80 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Italian heirloom

Corno di Toro

  • 60 days to harvest

  • Mild

  • Japanese heirloom

  • 2-4” fruit

Shishito

  • 72 days to harvest

  • Hot

  • Drying pepper

Cayenne

  • 70 days to harvest

  • Hot

  • Drying pepper

Hungarian Paprika

  • 70 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Mild flavor

Sweet Banana

  • 60 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Yellow, red and chocolate baby bells

  • 1.5” fruit

Bangles Blend

  • 66 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Very productive

Super Shepherd

  • 87 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • 2” fruit

  • Chinese heirloom

  • Incredibly disease resistant

Pimiento Lago

  • 67 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Compact growth

  • 1/4lb fruit

Charleston Belle

  • 61 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Mini bell

  • Disease resistant variety

Doe Hill Golden

  • 60 days to harvest

  • Medium heat

  • Korean heirloom

  • Drying

Gochugaru

  • 70-80 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • Canning variety

Sheepnose Pimento

  • 55 days to harvest

  • Sweet

  • “Christmas tree pepper”

  • Ornamental

Sweet Pickle

Glossary of Terms: 

Compact growth varieties are ideal for container gardening and stay smaller  and compact throughout their life

Disease resistant are varieties bred to have more resistance to common pepper disease that often affect the life span and viability of the plant

Drying peppers have historically been dried and ground and used as an herb, examples being red pepper flake, cayenne and paprika

Heirlooms are a variety of a plant grown and maintained by gardeners and farmers for generations assuring the plant doesn’t cross with others so the flavor can be passed down for generations

Ornamental varieties have an especially appealing visual due to exuberant color of the peppers and an attractive growing habit, in addition to producing lovely edibles

 Looking to grow in containers this year?

Peppers can be grown in a 5 gallon grow bag. Need the right size grow bag? We got you!

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