Hot Pepper

Anaheim Hot Pepper - Stuffing Pepper Fairly sweet, only slightly spicy, this pepper is a good producer. It is the most dependably mild, large stuffing pepper. Broad shouldered thick fleshed fruits that taper to a blunt, rounded tip and ripen from dark...

Beaver Dam Pepper - A Community Heirloom In the fall of 2005, Mayo Underwood — founder of Underwood Gardens — received the original pepper seed stock for this distinctive Hungarian heirloom pepper from the Hussli family, grew it out, and...

Cayenne Long Slim Hot Pepper Long, slender, wrinkled, very hot, thin-walled 5-6" long peppers ripen from dark-green to bright-red. These peppers are very easy to dry. Bountiful production is perfect for pickles, canning, drying and using fresh for a...

Chiltepin Pepper - Mother of All Peppers Looking more like a small round berry than a chile, the Chiltepin – pronounced “chill tuh peen” – is one of the oldest of the very few remaining wild chiles still available. Considered by...

Concho Chile – Arizona’s Secret Flavor Treasure A few miles outside the southernmost Hopi village, an exchange occurred in 1583 that ripples through the centuries to today. The Hopi, a people of ancient traditions, bartered with the Spanish...

Espelette/Basque Hot Pepper  - (Ezpeletako bipera)  The treasured chile of the Basque country, known for its robust and slightly smoky flavor. Some chiles are given treasured status, where they are celebrated in art, the kitchen, and...

Jalapeño M Hot Pepper - The Original Jalapeño An improved historical pepper that is ubiquitous in Mexico and the American Southwest. It has a medium heat with a great flavor either green or red. Named for Xalapa in the state of Veracruz,...

Lemon Drop Hot Pepper – Addictive Spicy Citrus Flavor For those who love their chile heat with a citrus tang, this is the pepper to know and grow. Also called Aji Limon or Lemon Chile and very popular as a seasoning in Peru and across South...

Nuevo Sandia Pepper - Deep, Rich Flavor Traditionally, Sandia chiles are grown and used for the red dried fruit or pods, ground into chile powder and chile flakes, and are one of the most-used chiles for making ristras — the thick strings of dark...

Paprika Jackson Pepper - Mild, Yet Bold Southwest Paprika  Paprika Jackson’s sweet, mild warmth was almost lost just over a decade ago. Fortunately, a chile pepper breeder from southern Arizona who values flavor over heat, passionately worked...

Pepperoncini Pepper - Greek Favorite This Milanese strain of an old Greek variety is unparalleled for purity and productivity. Large yields of thin 2 - 4” long, lime-green fruits stay sweet until late maturity. Harvest when green for fresh eating...

Poblano/Ancho Pepper - Fresh or Dried This thick-walled stuffing pepper is 4" x 2 1/2" at shoulder and turns from black-green to red-brown when ripe. Concentrated fruit set on beautiful 2-3' tall plants. Known as the Poblano pepper when fresh...

Red Peter Pepper - Spice Up Your Garden You should grow this chile despite its unusual shape. Appearances aside, this is a surprisingly good pepper with an excellent flavor balanced by a good amount of heat. Flavors are immediate and bright with almost...

Serrano Tampiqueno Pepper Club shaped medium hot smooth peppers have medium thick walls and ripen from green to bright red. Classic fresh, market and pickling pepper. Serrano Tampiqueno  means "from the mountains", first grown in mountains around...

Tabasco Pepper - Avery Island Original These highly prolific peppers have a surprising heat level that comes on immediately and lasts longer than expected. The 2" long peppers grow upright on bushes, ripening from yellow through orange to a bright...