Hot Peppers
Pots - $4.10 / Packs - $4.85 Each
Annaheim Chili
(78 Days) Also known as green chili is a popular addition in many Mexican and Indian dishes. 7” green fruits with a tapered point will eventually turn red. This variety is productive but not hot.
Chimayo
(70 days) These not-too-terribly-hot peppers with a smokey complex flavor come from New Mexico. Famously strung in great dried garlands that grace doorways and kitchens throughout the Southwest. Blunt 2-4” fruits ripen to scarlet red in late summer. Plants are about 2 feet tall and prolific setting 20 fruits each! Delicious and beautiful!
Hungarian Hot Wax
(58 days yellow, 83 days red) Productive, mild heat peppers. Ripens yellow to red, the perfect pickler.
Serrano
(90 Days) This high-yielding traditional hot pepper grows 3” long, as fat as your ring finger but only as long as your pinky. Green fruits may be ripened red, their fruity heat will tingle your mouth, serranos are a bit ‘ warmer’ than jalapenos. Great in salsa!
Ancho/Poblano
(85 days) Mildly pungent, lightly sweet pepper. Known as Ancho when dried, Poblano when fresh. Fruits ripen green to red.
Cayenne
(75 Days) Often curled and a bit twisted this hot pepper grows 5-6” long and tapers to a point. Dark green turns brilliant red, prolific! 4,000-6,000 Scoville units.
Habanero
(90 days) This scotch bonnet pepper is infamous for its extreme heat. Fiery habanero registers up to 325,000 Scoville Units. Each 18” plant will produce 10-12 pendulous dark green fruits that turn tangerine orange.
Jalapeno
(75 Days) Hot 3” sausage-shaped, blunt fruits mature early. Fruits ripen green to red. Did you know that chipotle peppers are dried, smoked red jalapenos? Decently warm 2,500-8,000 Scoville units.
Thai Hot
(82 days) Small conical peppers that pack a powerful punch. Typically grown as an ornamental because of its bright red fruits on deep green foliage. Average 200 fruits per plant.