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 Hot Pepper A Hungarian heirloom pepper brought to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in 1912 by the Joe Hussli family. Tapered fruits are crunchy and mildly hot when seeded. They mature from lime-green to deep red.  The peppers have an...

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...

Chile de Agua Hot Pepper - Treasure of Oaxaca  A triangular, conical shaped pepper about 4" long and 1 - 1 1/2" wide at the shoulders, tapering to a pointed tip. The skin is shiny, smooth and slightly wavy with a moderately thick flesh which is...

Chilhuacle Rojo Hot Pepper – Ancient and Rare Oaxacan Treasure  One of the oldest, rarest and difficult to find pepper varieties, grown only in a small area of La Cañada, just outside of Oaxaca, Mexico for millennia. The name...

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 Hot Pepper - Rare Heirloom from AZ The plants are short and bushy, not over 2' with a thin skinned 4-5" peppers with medium heat that subsides quickly. The veins and ribs are extremely hot. The Concho pepper is a very unique and little...

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...

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...

Pimiento de Padron Pepper - The "Spanish Roulette" Pepper Thin-skinned sweet frying pepper, the 2" long green fruits that may become spicy from Padron, Spain. Traditionally used for delicious snacks or "tapas" when young. Picked when the peppers...

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...

Salsa Seed Collection Strictly speaking, salsa simply means sauce in Spanish. Today we think of it as the magically addictive combination of tomatoes, chiles, onion, garlic, and spices that we devour with tortilla chips, slather on eggs, nachos or...

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...