SEEDS & PLANTS

The Melrose Hot Peppers have an interesting history: a family that emigrated from Italy brought these peppers seeds with them, growing them in their new home in Suburban Chicago (Melrose Park), and the rest is history! Growing around 4-6", the sweet, rich, flavorful Melrose Pepper is a great addition to your delicious meals. These peppers turn from green to crimson red when they mature. The flavor becomes more intense when they ripen for a longer period. Although they have mild to no heat, they are a versatile pepper in the kitchen with a ton of culinary options! Their sweetness and tender thin skins make it a great pepper to eat fresh, roast, fry, and stuff. You can even pair them with rice dishes and cook them in a tomato sauce! Pick up some more Mild Pepper Seeds and try our Mild Pepper Plants to give your garden a headstart to the growing season!

Seeking new, improved, delicious peppers? Don’t forget to check out the Numex 6-4 pepper! Like most pepper varieties that bear the NuMex name, the NuMex Heritage 6-4 was improved by the New Mexico State University which has a long history of chile pepper improvement since 1888. The original NuMex 6-4 pepper is from a 1957 seed bank that was re-selected to be improved. The NuMex 6-4 pepper plant will grow up to 3 ft. and have 10% better yields than previous productions. These 6” Anaheim-type pepper pods will have thicker flesh and smooth skin, making them a great variety to dry. This pepper is super delicious to try on many dishes, as it has 5 times more flavor and more uniform heat! These will taste sweet once you take a bite out of them. Try using these peppers the next time you make homemade salsa, or add it to fresh or cooked foods to give it a nice mild spice! Grow more NuMex seeds from our NuMex Pepper Seed Collection!

Also known as the yellow cayenne chile pepper or golden cayenne pepper, the Cayenne Golden is a more interesting and hotter version of the Red Cayenne pepper. If you are looking for a beautiful, outstanding pepper plant to grow golden peppers, this will be an amazing plant for you to grow. Golden Cayenne pepper plants add variety and beauty to your garden or backward, growing up to 3 ft. tall and boasting pods with attractive shapes and colors. When compared to the Red Cayenne pepper, the golden Cayenne pepper has smoother skin and fewer wrinkles, has hotter heat, and grows longer (about 4-6 inches long). The Golden Cayenne’s flavor profile is a sweeter, tart, smoky flavor with intense, strong heat. If you wait until the pepper matures fully, you'll get the full, unforgettable heat! These peppers are great to use for Creole, Cajun, and Southern cooking and can be roasted, grilled, and used in hot sauces, jam, jellies, and salsas. Shop for more Cayenne Pepper Seeds! We also carry other varieties in our Hot Pepper Seed Collection!

Also known as the Yellow Sun Habanero, the Big Sun Habanero pepper is a bright yellow variant - and larger version - of the Habanero pepper. Coming all the way from South Africa, you'll be captivated by this pepper's big and bright appearance that stands out among the rest of your garden foliage. Big Sun Habanero peppers get their name from their big and bright appearance that's larger than other habanero varieties. Also known as the Habanero Big Sun or the Yellow Sun Habanero, this pepper comes all the way from South Africa If you are wondering why it’s called the Big Sun Habanero, you thought right! Also known as Habanero Big Sun or the Yellow Sun Habanero, it is a bright yellow and orange pepper that is larger than the normal habanero. Two to three inches in length, this usually crinkled habanero has a combination of a sweet, fiery, and garlic taste, and the heat will stay with you from the minute you bite into it! The Big Sun Habanero matures from green to an intense yellow color. An easy pepper to grow, this is a great choice to spice up your meals! Try other Habanero Pepper Seeds! We carry more varieties in our Pepper Seed Collection. We also have some amazing Habanero Snacks & Spices to tide you over until the peppers come in!

If you love the taste of Jalapenos but can’t take the heat, the Tam Jalapeno is the one for you! With a heat level of 1,000-1,500 SHUs, this is milder than the typical Jalapeno which averages around 3,000-5,000 SHUs. The Tam Jalapeno was developed by Texas A&M where it’s designed to have the Jalapeno flavor without the heat, so you can enjoy it and not worry about it burning your tongue! The Tam Jalapeno pepper plant will grow to 2-3 feet tall and will produce 3” long green peppers with shiny and smooth skin. It will ripen when it turns to a dark green color but will turn red if left on the plant for too long. You will not be disappointed growing these pepper plants because they are productive, disease-resistant, and grow high yields of peppers! The plants are sensitive to cold, so make sure they receive full sun. These are delicious to add to salads and are good for pickling, cooking, preserving, and seasoning. It can also be stuffed with a variety of fillings, cooked with stir-fry and chilis, made for jellies, or used as a taco/pizza topping! Grow other Mild Pepper Seeds and Mild Pepper Plants in your garden for more amazing flavors and low-grade heat. We also offer amazing Jalapeno Snacks & Spices for you to try!

As in the words of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, “I like pleasure spiked with pain.” We’re that crazy to love eating hot peppers that burns our tongues and throats, but we can’t imagine life without hot peppers! The Red Hot Chili Peppers are small, red peppers that are thin-walled and conical shaped. The pepper plant will grow 18 inches tall and produces large yields of 5 inches long peppers. These peppers have amazing taste and will add zest and flavor to your dishes! The Red Hot Chili pepper may also put fire in your tongue and perhaps a tear in your eye, but we promise the flavors are worth it. Ripening from green to red with medium heat, these peppers are excellent for use in sauces, or to eat it dried or pickled!

Get a one-of-a-kind, rare-looking bell pepper variety with the White Bell pepper! An unusual color for this type of pepper, these pods will grow very nicely and look fabulous in your garden's landscape. These 3 ft. tall pepper plants produce plenty of these block, 5" long peppers that have nice, shiny skin and a crisp texture. Maturing from green to a translucent white, to pale yellow, these peppers will continue to change colors if left on the plant such as green, orange, and bright red at full maturity. White Bell pepper plants also grow easily as an annual or perennial for added versatility! You'll enjoy the sweet bell pepper flavor with these pods, as well as a nice crunch that makes them perfect to add to fresh foods like salads, sandwiches, dressings, and more. You can also stuff these peppers, grill them, roast them, saute them, and even bake them. A favorite among home gardeners and local farmers, White Bell peppers are an unusual type of pepper with eccentric flare and amazing flavor! Grab more Rare & Exotic Pepper Seeds and grow one-of-a-kind and hard-to-find peppers in your own backyard! We have amazing Growing Supplies to help get you off on the right foot this growing season!

Nothing says summer in the Midwest like tall corn fields, Cubs baseball games, and delicious pickled Sport Peppers on top of a classic Chicago dog. But, let’s be honest – no matter where you are or which team you’re rooting for, these Sport Pepper seeds are a must-have to grow in your garden! Sport Peppers grow on super sturdy plants that stretch up to 3 ft. tall, producing an abundance of slender, pointed fruit that looks like a slightly larger version of a Tabasco Pepper. Pods will turn from green to red when they mature. The sporty name of this pepper is in honor of its most popular use as a pickled topping for Chicago hot dogs at the ballpark. However, these peppers are often pickled and once pickled - well, it seems the ways to use them are pretty much infinite. Think sandwiches, Italian beef roast, pizza, and hot dogs, of course. Pick up more Medium Hot Pepper Seeds to grow peppers with just the right amount of heat!

The Caribbean Red Habanero pepper is almost TWICE as hot as the regular habanero pepper, with a pungent fruity flavor that’s guaranteed to fill your taste buds – well, the remaining ones that didn’t singe off by the intense heat! These bushy plants grow up to 4 ft. tall and produce bountiful yields of these 2” long heirloom peppers. With so many pods on these branches, you may want to stake it for added support. Pods start green and turn to their signature red color with wrinkled skin and shape like a small lantern. Caribbean Red Habaneros can be picked when they’re green, but for a sweeter flavor, you’ll want to wait until they mature to red. We recommend wearing latex gloves and other protection when handling these peppers. With a heat level of 400,000 SHUs, these peppers are loaded with capsaicin which can cause irritation and pain when exposed to your eyes and even to your skin. When you get past this incredible heat, you’ll notice the citrusy and fruity flavors, with some saying they taste smoky undertones as well. Caribbean Red Habanero peppers are the perfect spicy addition to cooked foods and salsas but are even better when dried and ground into pepper flakes and chili pepper powder. Are you the “some” that like it hot? Explore our hotter pepper seed varieties: Hot Pepper Seeds, Very Hot Pepper Seeds, Super Hot Pepper Seeds Get inspired by some of our Hot Pepper Recipes!

Also known as a Poblano pepper, the Ancho Gigantea is one of the more commonly used peppers in Mexico known to add a fantastic mild flavor to any cuisine! This short plant will grow up to 2 ft. tall and produce many 4" heart-shaped peppers that will continue to grow if they are picked frequently. Some of these peppers grow twisted with shiny skin and a wrinkly texture. They change colors from dark green to red, but you can pick these peppers at either stage. With a sweet and smoky flavor, and a mild heat reaching up to 3,000 SHUs, the Ancho Gigantea is a pepper you don't want to miss out on. When dark green, these peppers are used for stuffing and roasting, as well as for sauces and salsas. You can also let the Gigantea peppers ripen to red and be dried as ancho chiles, and those can be used to make sauces, soups, and meat seasoning. Want more pepper seeds? Browse through other Mild Pepper Seeds and make sure to pick up some Growing Supplies to get your seeds off on the right track!

Don’t get the Cascabella pepper confused with the Cascabel pepper! Yellow Cascabella peppers are a thick-walled small “Hungarian Hot Wax” pepper type that is bursting with flavor. The Cascabella pepper plant will grow to 18 to 24 inches tall with gorgeous dark emerald green leaves on a sturdy bush. Cascabella peppers have a conical shape tapering to a point and the hot wax-type pod will grow to 2 inches long. These peppers are low-medium heat chiles when allowed to ripen to their final color, red. The color shift during the ripening stage goes from yellow to orange, and finally a bright red. The difference between the Cascabella and Cascabel peppers is the Cascabella pepper can be eaten fresh, while the Cascabel pepper is typically dried. The heat is similar to a Jalapeño but with a flavor similar to a Sport pepper. These peppers taste great on salads, salsas, and appetizers. Our favorite is eating them straight from the jar! Usually, Cascabella peppers are pickled in the yellow stage with a dash of turmeric. Want to grow more exotic-looking peppers? Check out our exotic and novelty pepper seeds!

A relative to the Habanero pepper, this heirloom chili pepper known as the Mushroom Red Cap is a fast-maturing hot pepper that has a nice aroma and grows into a unique mushroom shape, hence its name. Red Mushroom pepper plants are compact and grow about 2-3 ft. tall in your garden or container. The fruits grow to about the size of a golf ball, or 2-3" in size, and form into its mushroom shape with nice, shiny, smooth skin. Some have described the weird shape as similar to a patty pan, so it's sometimes referred to as a Squash Pepper. These peppers ripen from green to red when they are ready to be picked. The fruity and spicy flavors of the Mushroom Red Cap pepper make it great for garnishes, pickling, or drying - in fact, the thin skin of these peppers makes them great for a spicy pepper powder! Try our other Habanero Pepper Seeds as well as our other Hot Pepper Seeds!

Want a pepper that looks like the Habanero or Scotch Bonnet, but with less heat? Look no further than the Rocotillo Pepper! The peppers are popular in the Caribbean, and it’s even called the Puerto Rico pepper because of how often they’re used there. The Rocotillo peppers appear to be varieties of both Capsicum Baccatum and Capsicum Chinense, but their origins differ! The Baccatum variety is from Peru, but it’s uncertain where the Chinense variety originated. To make it more confusing, it’s said the Baccatum originated in Peru but was discovered in Puerto Rico years later. Although its origin and history are confusing, we do know these peppers are tasty! Rocotillo pepper plants grow up to 3 ft. long and produce high yields of these tiny, 1" long pepper pods. Their appearance looks like a squished shape, almost like a compressed Bishop's Crown pepper, with glossy skin and bright red color. These peppers ripen from green to orange, and finally to red when they're ready for harvesting. This is a very mild alternative to the Habanero for those who do not necessarily want a super hot pepper. Although the heat level is very mild, they will taste sweet and tropical. The Rocotillo pepper is a variety you must try growing in your own backyard! Enjoy growing unique and exotic peppers? View our Rare & Exotic Pepper Seed Collection for more!

Gochujang King Hot Korean Peppers are a popular variety out of Korea used to make their traditional chili paste called gochujang. These long, slender peppers are very similar to jalapenos but with more spice and pungency that will fire up your taste buds! These pepper plants will grow up to 3 ft. tall and produce good yields of these 6” long pendant-shaped pods. Gochujang King Korean peppers will take some time to ripen from green to a bright red and don a smooth and shiny flesh. These peppers are best used for making homemade sauce and chili pastes like gochujang. You can also dry and grind these peppers into a chili powder called gochugaru used in many Korean cuisines. Or, you can cook Gochujang King peppers in stir-fries or roasts for added heat! Discover more seeds in our broad Pepper Seed Collection! We offer a wide variety of different seeds based on heat, color, traits, and more

Looking for amazing sweet-tasting peppers, but want to avoid the bell pepper flavor? Then the Apple Hungarian is a great pepper choice for you to grow and use in all different types of cooking! The Apple Hungarian pepper plant will grow 2-3 ft. tall with great disease resistance and high production. Watch as this plant fills up with these round, flat-shaped pods that grow to 4" long and 3" wide. Ripening from pale green to dark red, Apple Hungarians can be harvested at any stage in the pepper maturity process. These pods look like little pumpkins, with some pods developing 3-4 lobes. This is a great sweet pepper to roast, bake, or grill, and to put on your salads and sandwiches! It is an aromatic, juicy, sweet, meaty pepper, and has the perfect size for stuffing and fillings. Order your Apple Hungarian Pepper Seeds today! Browse through our ever-expanding Pepper Seed Collection for more options, including our Mild Pepper Seeds.

The Dancing Spirits F1 Hybrid Hot Pepper is a captivating Jalapeno hybrid belonging to the Capsicum Annuum species. This unique Jalapeno has a mild heat level with an enjoyable balance of flavor and spice. The Dancing Spirit pepper boasts exceptional yields and adaptable plants with an estimated 68-day maturation period. These plants grow to around 3 to 4 feet tall. Thriving in full sun and well-drained soils, they are easy to cultivate. Each bushy plant yields numerous 2-inch peppers.  These hot peppers exhibit a stunning array of colors. In their early stages, they showcase a pale yellow, transitioning through an orange phase before turning into a rich red hue. While these peppers can be harvested at any ripeness stage, allowing them to mature into the rich red color promises the peak of heat. This Jalapeno pepper can be used for pickling, sauces, fresh salsa, and much more. Check out the other jalapeno varieties at our Jalapeno Pepper Seed Collection! We carry a vast selection of seeds at our ever-expanding Pepper Seed Collection.

Hot Portugal peppers have slowly made a comeback for both small gardeners and commercial growers alike. With its dependable and high-yielding growth, along with its appetizing flavors and moderate heat, no wonder why people love to grow them! These plants may only grow up to 2 ft. tall, but they do hold sturdy. Hot Portugal peppers grow and mature earlier than others and can reach lengths of 6-7” long. These conical pods start off as a wrinkly dark green, but then ripen to a glossy, vivid red as if it was pumped back to life! Hot Portugal plants boast heavy yields of these peppers, so use as many as you’d like and store the rest away for later – no worries, they will last for a while! The flavor is sweet like the Jimmy Nardello pepper, but its heat is what makes it different. The name “Hot Portugal” comes from its variable heat levels which can reach as high as 30,000 SHUs, or as hot as a Cayenne pepper! Use them for cooking, roasting, drying, and for sauce. If you can tolerate the heat, then you won’t regret adding these flavorful peppers to your food! Get the right amount of heat for your peppers with our Medium Hot Pepper Seeds and Medium Hot Pepper Plants!

One of the most popular Cayenne pepper varieties in the Southeast Asia region, the Goat Horn peppers boast a wonderfully sweet and spicy taste that goes well in almost any cuisine! Originally from Thailand, this pepper reaches a moderate heat level of up to 50,000 SHUs, guaranteed to fry your taste buds! Goat Horn pepper plants grow well in most climates and reach up to 3 ft. tall. A prolific variety, this pepper gets its namesake from its shape, which resembles 4-6” long goat horns. Fruits have smooth and shiny surfaces and ripen from dark green to a bright red color at maturity. These characteristics make Goat Horn peppers a revered ornamental variety that spruces up any garden or patio. You’ll notice the instantly sweet taste of these peppers before the long-lasting heat starts to kick in. Just like most Cayennes, these peppers have a wide variety of uses! With their medium-thick walls, Goat Horn peppers work well for drying and homemade powder. You can also cook these peppers or use them to spice up any food dish you like! Want peppers with just the right amount of heat? View our Medium Hot Pepper Seeds!

The Lombok Chili pepper gets its namesake from the Indonesian island of Lombok where it originated from. Eventually, this pepper made its way to America, and has become a popular chili pepper to use! These pepper plants grow well in most environments and can reach heights of up to 3 ft. – even higher when planted directly into the ground. Lombok pepper plants boast high yields of these 6” long peppers that ripen to a bright, shiny red color at maturity. Pods are cone-shaped that taper off to a straight or curved point. The points of these fruits don’t have any heat, which allows them to be eaten fresh like sweet peppers. Because of their great taste and sweet mild flavor, Lombok peppers have many culinary uses. In Indonesia, they are mostly pureed into a paste called Sambal, but others have used these peppers for roasting and adding to fresh foods. Looking to grow peppers with just the right amount of heat? View our Medium Hot Pepper Seeds!

The Black Hungarian pepper plant is a beautifully bold and sweet conical pepper to grow in your garden or backyard. This is a mildly hot pepper with 2,500 SHUs, similar to a jalapeno’s spice, and can be used as both an ornamental pepper and culinary pepper. The pepper is similar in shape and size to the Jalapeno, but the Hungarian pepper is much more interesting to grow and plate. The skin is dark-hued that turns into a rich jewel red color as it ages, and it’s a very rare, unforgettable, gorgeous color that you won’t see in a lot of peppers. The Hungarian Black chili is fun to plate aesthetically because as you slice the pepper open, you’ll discover green flesh and thick green walls in the interior. When harvested into a jewel red color, it’ll deliver a tasty sweetness that you will never get over and can potentially reach 10,000 SHUs. The Hungarian pepper is great for roasting, cooking, and stuffing! Check out more of our Mild Pepper Seeds and browse through our expansive Pepper Seed Collection for more options.

Wanting to fool people that you’re growing the hottest habaneros? Prank your friends and family by growing the Tobago Seasoning pepper seeds! Also known as the Trinidad Seasoning pepper, these pepper look and taste similar to habanero varieties, but they will definitely surprise you with their mild heat! The Tobago Seasoning pepper plant will grow to 3 feet tall, producing multi-colored 2" long pods that change colors from green to orange, to finally a striking red color. These pods have a blocky lantern shape with a wrinkly texture. With a heat level of 500 SHUs, this is even milder than the Jalapeno! You will not be disappointed with their flavor as it is a sweet, almost smoky pepper that tastes fruity tropical. And don’t get us started on their aroma because it is one of the best amazing smells we have smelled in our lives when cooking them! Although these peppers are traditionally used as a jerk sauce in the Caribbean, you can make and cook many things with these pods such as sauces, fresh salsa, soups, stews, salads, and seasoning. *Non-Isolated - Disclaimer: While some of our varieties marked non-isolated were isolated when grown, they are an unstable pepper seed variety that may produce plants with genetic variations, making them less predictable and consistent in terms of traits such as flavor, size, and heat level. While this can lead to unique and exciting variations, it's important to note that these seeds may not reliably reproduce the same characteristics from one generation to the next. Planting non-isolated/unstable pepper seeds can be an adventurous gardening experience, but be prepared for some degree of variability in the resulting pepper plants. We will not be able to offer replacements for variation in traits.  Add our Hot Pepper Seeds to your growing list this season! Don't forget to check out our collection of Live Pepper Plants and Pepper Growing Supplies to get your garden off on the right track.

All the great flavor of a habanero but without the heat. Impossible, you say? Well, feast your eyes (and taste buds) on the Habanada! Developed by vegetable breeder Michael Mazourek, this heatless habanero chili pepper grows on 2-3 ft. tall compact, productive plants. You'll see these pods grow around 2-3" long and ripen from green to orange and have crisp, thin skin. It’s extremely versatile and is excellent seared, braised, roasted, raw – you name it. Fun Fact: The Habanada absolutely stole the show at the 2014 Culinary Breeding Network Variety Showcase when it was used to make a sherbet. You and your friends can enjoy all the fruity (and even floral) notes of the habanero, but don’t have to set your mouth on fire to do it. Seriously, just add these to your cart. You won’t regret it! Try our other Habanero Seeds and Scotch Bonnet Seed varieties! Enjoy habanero flavors in the meantime with our savory and spicy Habanero Snacks & Spices.

These peppers are the ultimate sweet treat! Sweet Cherry Peppers may be small and lack in size, but they more than make up for that with incredible flavor and great plant production. This is truly a variety to try out for yourself! Sweet Cherry Pepper seeds produce plants that grow to 3 ft. tall, blooming bright white flowers and producing small, 1" round pods with thick flesh. Watch these peppers turn from dark green to a deep, scarlet red when mature. Expect to reap the benefits of these plants, as they continuously produce dozens and dozens of these small, delicious peppers after harvesting them the first time! With heat that's milder than their Cherry Hot Pepper counterpart, these cherry-shaped peppers make for the perfect bite-sized snack. There are so many other ways to use and eat Sweet Cherry Peppers, and we're hungry just thinking about them! When pickled, they make for a great addition to salads and charcuterie trays. We love to stuff and bake them with cheeses like mozzarella and cream cheese or make them into a delicious relish as the perfect topping for cheesesteaks, egg omelets, and nachos. Get your Sweet Cherry Pepper Seeds today! Can't get enough of sweet peppers? Try growing our other Sweet Pepper Seeds, and be sure to check out our entire Pepper Seed Collection for more options.

Seeking a variety of peppers that you can grow all at once from a seed pack? With the Hot and Happy Mix Pepper Seeds, you can grow a blend of peppers in all colors, shapes, and heat! The Hot and Happy Mix Peppers will make your garden beautiful with their endless amount of colors. This is perfect for any hot pepper lover who is feeling adventurous as this assortment includes: Habaneros, Jalapenos, Serranos, Anaheim peppers, Cayenne peppers, and you can bet there are more pepper varieties in this pack. You can have an unlimited amount of peppers to use for many culinary uses, and it is especially a great way to sample many pepper types ranging from mild to super hot. Get your hands on the Hot and Happy Mix Pepper and find out what other varieties you can grow in the comfort of your garden or greenhouse! Species: Variety of peppers Heat Level: Varies in heat Type: Mild to Super-Hot Origin: Unknown Days to Harvest: 60+ Days Check out our other Pepper Seed Bundles and be sure to browse through more varieties within our expansive Pepper Seed Collection!