Pepper Collections for 2022

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Pepper descriptions are grouped as Sweet Peppers (17 varieties) vs. Hot Peppers (17 varieties).
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Aleppo Hot / Red / 85 days / SHU 10,000. The Aleppo pepper is a popular spice in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean regions. It is a small pepper that grows several inches long and up to an inch wide. Let this pepper mature to red before use. Traditionally used dried and crushed into flakes, it's moderately hot, with wonderful fruity undertones. *Photo courtesy of Restoration Seeds | ![]() |
Flaming Flare Hot / Red / 70 days / SHU 1,000. An All-America Selections (AAS) winner. A Fresno style pepper that's sweet with mild heat, Flaming Flare offers a bit of spiciness and a whole lot of flavor. Cone-shaped fruits are thin walled, averaging 4" long. Best used at full maturity when ripened to bright red. Excellent for fresh use, stir-fries, sautéing, hot sauce, and DELICIOUS for chili sauce. High resistance to tobacco mosaic virus. *Photo courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds johnnyseeds.com | ![]() |
Garden Salsa Hot / Green to Red / 73 days / SHU 2,500 –3,000. A great salsa pepper usually picked green for salsa, but ripens to red. Medium hot, but can get hotter in dry weather. This one is a Tobacco Mosaic resistant hybrid. *Photo courtesy of HPS Seed | ![]() |
Habanero Hot / Orange / 100 days / SHU 100,000-350,000. Traditional extra-hot pepper with fruity citrus notes. The extremely pungent wrinkled fruits avg. 2" by 1 ¼" and ripen to salmon orange. A key ingredient in Jamaican "jerk" sauces. The yield potential is good, but can be erratic in cooler, shorter summer locations. *Photo courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds johnnyseeds.com | ![]() |
Jalapeño, Early Flame Hot / Green to Red / 70 days / SHU 4,000-6,000. Early Flame Jalapeños set their 3½ inch chiles on the top of the compact plants, pretty and perfect for container planting. Shiny and thick-walled, Jalapeños are everyone’s favorite all-purpose chile, adding delicious mild to medium heat and savor to any dish. Enjoy abundant harvests of crispy, deep green chiles to slice up for salsas and sandwiches, or sauté or roast to add a delicious spicy lift to every day cooking. *Photo courtesy of reneesgarden.com | ![]() |
Jalapeño, El Jefe Hot / Green to Red / 67-90 days / SHU 4,000-6,000. High-quality fruits are smooth, glossy, and dark green with thick walls. Known for its well-rounded flavour that sweetens somewhat as it ripens, this is a moderately hot jalapeño that's good fresh, dried or pickled. High yields over a long growing season. This hybrid has good disease resistance. *Photo courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds johnnyseeds.com | ![]() |
Jalapeño, La Bomba Hot / Green / 56 day / SHU 5,000. La Bomba has lots of flavor and mild heat with smooth, thick, juicy walls. They have a hint of sweet followed by a mild flavor with no bitterness and finish with a burst of true jalapeño heat. Highly productive, even in cooler climates. Plants have superior disease resistance. Perfect for nacho toppings, for adding some zip to soups and sauces, for pickling, and for jalapeño poppers. *Photo courtesy of HPS Seed | ![]() |
Jalapeño, Purple Hot / Purple to Red / 75 days / SHU 4,000-6,000. Uniquely, this jalapeno turns dark purple and stays purple for a long time before finally ripening to red. A bit larger than most jalapenos, but with the same thick walls and fiery heat. Can be used either at the purple or red stage - great for use in salsas. 75 days. | ![]() |
Jalapeño, Tricked You Mild / Green / 90 days / SHU 0. IT’S TRUE! This pepper is a TAMED jalapeño with NO HEAT! You will find excellent jalapeño flavor but without the heat of the traditional. Great for combining with hot peppers to customize the heat in homemade salsas and hot sauce. Excellent resistance to Bacterial Leaf Spot. *Photo courtesy of HPS Seed | ![]() |
Krimzon Lee Mild to Medium / Red / 62-82 days / SHU 3,000-5,000. This thick-walled frying pepper has mild to medium heat. Beautiful, big, 6" to 8" by 2" paprika type pepper holds heat in its ribs. Its thick, sweet and spicy flesh is choice for roasting, frying, grilling, salsa, and adventurous salads. Medium-size plant is upright and bushy. *Photo courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds johnnyseeds.com | ![]() |
Lemon Drop Hot / Yellow / 100 days / SHU 15,000-30,000. From Peru, where it’s a popular seasoning with a distinct citrus note. Bright yellow, crinkled, cone- shaped fruits are 2" long by ½" wide. Dense plants grow to 2 feet tall and wide, and are typically covered with neon-bright fruits, making this an excellent choice for container gardening. A MUST use for this pepper is making up a batch of hot pepper sauce. It's slow to mature to its brilliant, yellow color but worth the wait! *Photo courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds/rareseeds.com | ![]() |
Padrón Mild / Green / 60 days / SHU 100-1,000. If you want an authentic regional pepper from Spain, this is it! Used when small for mildest flavor, these peppers are a favorite in tapas bars across Spain. They are traditionally picked green, sautéed in olive oil and finished with coarse-ground sea salt for a delectable appetizer. Note this pepper is humorously referred to as “Spanish Roulette”: although 90% of them are mild you will occasionally come across an unpredictable hot one. *Photo courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds johnnyseeds.com | ![]() |
Poblano, Baron Mild / Green to Red / 65-85 days / SHU 250-1,000. Green poblanos are the unripened fruits that are used when making chile relleno. When ripened to red and dried, it is known as an ‘Ancho’. Baron has thick-walled, mildly hot fruit with a rich, mellow flavor. It has proved to produce well under a wide variety of conditions. These two lobed peppers are large, averaging 5" long by 3" wide, making them easy to stuff and cook in their signature dish, chile rellenos. Superior disease resistance. | ![]() |
Poblano, Trident Mild / Green to Red / 69-85 days / SHU 250-1,500. Extra-large ancho/poblano peppers grow to 7" long by 3 ½” inches wide, maturing from mid-green to deep red. Fruits are glossy, firm, straight and often two-lobed. Good used fresh or dry. Vigorous plants set continuously in a wide variety of soils and climates. This hybrid is highly resistent to Tobacco Mosaic virus. *Photo courtesy of HPS Seed | ![]() |
Red Flame Hot / Red / 60-80 days / SHU 80,000. This cayenne-type pepper dries quickly to a bright crimson for an eye-catching presentation. Sweet-hot flavor. Thin walled peppers on big, productive plants. Widely adapted. Fruits are long, averaging 6 to 6 ½” inches. *Photo courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds johnnyseeds.com | ![]() |
Serrano, Impala Hot / Green to Red / 57-77 days / SHU 6000-16,000. This new traditional-sized serrano replaces Hot Rod, which was discontinued. Impala's fruits average 3 to 3 ½” and are borne on large, bushy plants. The dark green fruits are traditionally used green but also make fine chipotles if allowed to ripen to red. *Photo courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds johnnyseeds.com | ![]() |
Serrano Sureño Hot / Green / 75 days / SHU 4,000-7,000. Small, robust plants are highly productive with large, straight, firm-bodied fruits. Most flavorful when green. Recommended for curries and chutneys as well as salsas. Early harvest, and highly resistant to Potato Y virus. | ![]() |
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