An heirloom pepper from Mexico, 'Guajillo' produces long, slender, medium-hot fruits that are ideal for salsas and pickles.

First cultivated and selected by Native Americans thousands of years ago, peppers are bushy, brittle-stemmed annual vegetables with thin oval leaves and small five-petaled flowers. The dull-white blooms of 'Guajillo' are followed by pendent, narrowly conical, 5-inch (13-cm) fruits with thin, pungently flavored, translucent flesh that ripens from green to brilliant red. The...

(Bell Pepper, Sweet Pepper)

Anticipate a healthy, abundant crop of pointed but blocky sweet peppers on the Russian variety, 'Healthy'. About 70 days after planting robust seedlings, these peppers are ready for harvest. The wedge-shaped peppers are initially yellow-green but then turn from orange to orange-red. They are crisp and tasty at all stages but sweetest when harvested fully mature. This variety is disease and rot resistant and even will produce fruit if grown in partial sun.

Native to tropical America, these...

(Bell Pepper, Sweet Pepper)

The zest and sweetness of 'Hershey' bell peppers is matched by the appealing chocolate color of these vigorous, blocky peppers. A hybrid from Holland, 'Hershey' produces large, four-lobed blocky fruits in abundance. Healthy plants bear harvestable green peppers about 70 days after planting. The fruits turn from reddish to chocolate brown two to three weeks later--the warmer the weather the faster the color transition. Flavor is sweetest when fruits are ripe. The fruits maintain a dark color even...

(Holiday Time Ornamental Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)

Developed for use as a holiday container plant, this 1980 All-America Selections Winner produces quantities of small round showy peppers that change color as they mature. Although its fiery-hot fruits are edible, 'Holiday Time' is used exclusively as an ornamental. It was introduced by the University of Connecticut in 1980.

First cultivated and selected by Native Americans thousands of years ago, peppers are bushy, brittle-stemmed annual vegetables with thin oval leaves and small five-petaled...

(Chile Negro, Holy Mole Chile, Poblano Pepper)

Developed with molé sauce in mind, this 2007 All-America Selections Winner bears quantities of mildly spicy, chocolate-colored peppers on tall, vigorous, disease-resistant plants.

First cultivated and selected by Native Americans thousands of years ago, peppers are bushy, brittle-stemmed annual vegetables with thin oval leaves and small five-petaled flowers. The dull-white blooms of 'Holy Mole' are followed by long, slender, 8-inch (20-cm) fruits with thin, tangy-flavored flesh that ripens from...

(Bell Pepper, Islander Bell Pepper)

The lovely peppers of ‘Islander’ are cool lavender when young, develop orange and yellow streaks as they ripen and finally turn glossy deep red. The blocky sweet bell pepper fruits are medium-sized and have moderately thick walls. Lavender peppers are produced around 56 days after planting and red peppers in around 80 days. The plants are high-yielding and moderately compact.

Native to tropical America, bell peppers are annuals or short-lived perennials that were grown and selected for millenia...

(Pepperoncini Pepper)

Prized for their vibrantly flavored and colored fruits, peppers are annuals or short-lived perennials native to tropical America. 'Italian Pepperoncini' produces slender, yellow-green, wrinkled, mildly hot peppers on bushy plants. The peppers mature to bright orange-red. Flowering and fruiting occur from late spring into fall in areas with cold winters, and year round where winters are warm.

Native to tropical America, peppers require fertile, well drained soil, full sun, and warmth for good...

(Jalapeño Pepper)

The pudgy, pungent fruits of 'Jalapeno M' are excellent for salsa, sauces, and pickling. This variety was introduced in 1997 by Park Seed Co., Greenwood, South Carolina. Like many hot peppers, it is a member of the Longum group, which encompasses poblanos, serranos, jalapenos, cayenne peppers and various other chilis. These annual vegetables descend from varieties that were grown and selected by Native Americans for thousands of years.

The bushy, knee-high plants bear thin, oval, dark green...

(Bell Pepper, Lady Bell Pepper)

Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus and a reliable producer even where summers are cooler, 'Lady Bell' is a sweet bell pepper that ripens from green to red. The blocky, lobed peppers have thick walls and taste pleasantly sweet when ripe. Begin to harvest them when green about 71 days after planting robust seedlings, or wait another three weeks or so when they are red.

Native to tropical America, these annuals had been grown and selected by Native Americans since pre-history times. In fact,...

(Bell Pepper, Lipstick Pepper)

Gourmet market vendors favor 'Lipstick' sweet peppers for their beauty, crisp texture and outstanding sweet taste. The bell-like fruits are slightly tapered at the tip and turn from crisp green to the deepest lipstick red. This is an early producer; green fruits can be harvested around 53 days after planting from seedlings and red fruits should be mature another three weeks later. The peppers are most juicy and sweet when harvested at the red stage and are perfect for roasting as well as fresh eating....