Growing Guides

Purple Beauty is a compact, sturdy sweet bell pepper famous for its deep, glossy purple fruit, which ripens to red if left on the plant. It has no heat at all and the same crisp, mild, sweet flavor as a...

The Pimento L (also spelled pimiento) is a sweet, heat-free heirloom pepper prized for its plump, heart-shaped fruit and exceptionally thick, sweet flesh. It ripens from green to a deep, glossy red and carries zero heat, so it is all...

NuMex Joe E Parker is a large, mild green chile in the classic Hatch and Anaheim tradition, bred at New Mexico State University for big yields of thick, smooth pods. The peppers grow 6 to 8 inches long, ripening from...

Lilac Bell is a stunning sweet bell pepper prized for its glossy lavender-purple fruit, which ripens to red if left on the plant. It has zero heat and the same crisp, mild, grassy flavor as a green bell, just wrapped...

Bell Horizon Orange is a sweet, blocky bell pepper that ripens from green to a brilliant orange, with thick, juicy walls and a bright, fruity sweetness. It carries zero heat, so it is perfect for fresh eating and cooking alike,...

This small red chile is a fiery Thai-type pepper that produces masses of slim, upright pods ripening to glossy bright red. At roughly 50,000 to 100,000 Scoville heat units it is very hot, many times stronger than a jalapeno, and...

Pasilla Bajio is a classic Mexican heirloom chile grown for its long, slender pods that ripen from glossy dark green to a wrinkled chocolate brown. Fresh, it is called the chilaca; dried, it becomes the beloved pasilla, meaning little raisin,...

Santa Fe Grande, also known as the guero pepper, is a compact, heavy-yielding chile with smooth, conical fruit about 3 to 4 inches long. The peppers ripen from pale yellow through orange to red and carry a mild to medium...

Fresno is a glossy, conical chile that looks like a jalapeno but ripens from green to bright red with a fruitier, slightly hotter bite. At roughly 2,500 to 10,000 Scoville heat units it sits in the same friendly medium range...