Pepper Varieties
Medium Hot
6-8” fruit
Productive plant
Excellent flavor
Anaheim Chile
Hot
Drying pepper
Excellent flavor used in hot sauces
Cayenne
Medium heat
Korean heirloom
Drying pepper and used in hot sauce
Gochu
Medium heat
Good disease resistance
Prolific producer
Pickling variety
Pepperoncini
Medium heat, milder when green
Drying pepper
4” long fruit
Ancho Pablano
Very hot
Orange small fruit
Similar to a habanero
Datil
Medium hot
4’ tall plant
Fruity undertones
Used in dried spices
Aji Dulce
Sweet
Multicolored
Large fruit
Early producer
Iko iko
Sweet
Large fruit
Late season producer
Red Bell
Hot
Small red fruit
Compact growing habit
Derksen
Sweet
Mild flavor
Season long producer
Banana
Sweet
Earlier season producer
Prolific, season long harvest
Shishito
Mild heat
Disease resistant
Drying pepper
Paprika
Sweet
Purple bell pepper
Large fruit
Zulu
Hot
Early season producer
Compact growing habit
Prolific
Early Jalapeño
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
