Pepper Varieties

  • Hot

  • Peruvian heirloom

  • Fruity citrusy flavor

  • Yellow long fruit

Aji Amarillo

  • Miley hot, milder when green

  • Drying pepper

  • 4” long fruit

Ancho Pablano

  • Sweet

  • Compact plant

  • Very small teardrop fruit

  • Fruity flavor

Biquinho

  • Hot

  • Drying pepper

  • Excellent flavor used in hot sauces

Cayenne

  • Sweet

  • “Bull horn”

  • Italian heirloom

  • Red long conical fruit

Corno di Toro

  • Hot

  • Early season producer

  • Compact growing habit

  • Prolific

Early Jalapeño

  • Medium hot

  • Korean heirloom

  • Drying pepper and used in hot sauce

Gochugaru

  • Very hot

  • Delicious fruity flavor

  • Prolific

  • Bright orange fruit

Habanero

  • Medium hot

  • Reliable, productive plant

  • Multicolor fruit

Hot Banana

  • Hot

  • Compact plant

  • Prolific

  • Red jalapeno

Large Jalapeno

  • Sweet

  • Early season producer

  • High yield

  • Small red fruit

Lipstick Sweet

  • Mild heat

  • Disease resistant

  • Drying pepper

Paprika

  • Medium heat

  • Good disease resistance

  • Prolific producer

  • Pickling variety

Pepperoncini

  • Sweet

  • Purple bell pepper

  • Compact plant

Purple Bell

  • Hot

  • Compact plant

  • Highly productive

  • Twisted red long fruit

Ram Horn

  • Sweet

  • Large fruit

  • Late season producer

Red Bell

  • Very hot

  • Early producer

  • High yield

  • Small squat fruit

Scotch Bonnet

  • Hot

  • Mexican heirloom

  • Thin, long chili

  • Hot sauce variety

Serrano

  • Sweet

  • Earlier season producer

  • Prolific, season long harvest

Shishito

  • Sweet

  • Compact plant

  • Prolific

  • Multicolor fruit

Sweet Banana

  • Very hot

  • Compact plant

  • High yield

  • Small red fruit

Thai Chili

  • Sweet

  • Compact plant

  • Medium size bell pepper

  • Vigorous producer

Yellow Bell

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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