(Bell Boy Pepper, Bell Pepper)

A 1967 All-America Selection Winner, ‘Bell Boy’ is a classic bell pepper variety that’s stood the test of time. It’s quite disease-resistant and bears big blocky sweet bell pepper fruits that ripen from green to medium red. Peppers are produced around 70 days after planting. The plants are compact and high-yielding.

Native to tropical America, bell peppers are annuals or short-lived perennials that were grown and selected for millenia by Native Americans. Their specific region of origin is still...

(Bell Pepper, Sweet Pepper)

So what makes this bell pepper better? Earlier fruiting, virus resistance and high fruit output for starters. In the warm season this popular hybrid will offer many large, sweet peppers that can be harvested green or red.

This pepper forms a large bushy plant with rigid, brittle stems and thin, broad, dark green leaves. Its flowers are inconspicuous, five-petaled and white. They are followed by large, hollow, blocky, thick fleshed-fruits that are very sweet and perfect for cooking or eating...

(Bell Pepper, Big Bertha Bell Pepper, Red Bell Pepper)

The name ‘Big Bertha’ says it all; this is one giant pepper! A high-performing pepper in yields and disease resistance, ‘Big Bertha’ bears giant blocky sweet bell pepper fruits that ripen from green to medium red. Peppers are produced around 72 days after planting. The plants are compact and high-yielding.

Native to tropical America, bell peppers are annuals or short-lived perennials that were grown and selected for millenia by Native Americans. Their specific region of origin is still unknown...

(Big Chile Pepper, Chile Pepper)

The large, abundantly produced, relatively mild-flavored fruits of 'Big Chile' are borne relatively early in the season, making it an excellent choice for areas with short summers. 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,...

(Black Pearl Ornamental Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)

The 2006 All-American Selections award-winning ornamental pepper, ‘Black Pearl’, is has deep purple-black foliage and colorful small cherry peppers that turn from purple to red. The edible fruits are very, very hot but typically grown for beauty, not consumption. Consequently, nursery growers tend to treat them with chemical pesticides not suitable for edible plants, so be caution should be taken eating from nursery-grown stock.

Cherry peppers are bushy, well-branched plants with rigid stems...

(Black Prince Ornamental Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)

The colorful fruits of the cone pepper ‘Black Prince’ are grown for their ornamental appeal as well as their hot taste. The plants are compact and the peppers small erect, conical and appear singly, not in clusters. The spicy hot fruit is purple-black turning red when mature. Ornamental peppers are generally edible, but care must be taken with plants grown at nurseries for ornamental purposes; they may have been treated with pesticides or other chemicals not suitable for edible plants.

Native...

(Bell Pepper, Blushing Beauty Pepper)

The large, beautiful fruits of this 2000 All-America Selection Winning sweet pepper are ivory and slowly “blush” to bright red. ‘Blushing Beauty’ is quite disease-resistant and bears loads of big blocky sweet bell pepper fruits around 72 days after planting. The plants are compact and high-yielding.

Native to tropical America, bell peppers are annuals or short-lived perennials that were grown and selected for millenia by Native Americans. Their specific region of origin is still unknown due to...

(Boldog Hungarian Spice Pepper, Paprika Pepper)

The seed for this true Hungarian paprika pepper originated from around the towns of Boldog and Cece in Hungary. An early-maturing paprika pepper, 'Boldog Hungarian Spice' produces long, tapered, green fruits about 55 days after planting seedlings, 80 days for fully ripe, deep red fruits. The peppers reach around 7-inches (18 centimeters) long and have a rich, sweet, spicy flavor with medium heat. This selection is ideal for drying and grinding for homemade paprika spice.

All peppers are annuals...

(Bolivian Rainbow Ornamental Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)

What a festive ornamental hot pepper! The small conical fruits of ‘Bolivian Rainbow’ turn different colors as they mature. These stand bright against the deep purple-hued stems and leaves of this tall bushy pepper.

Native to tropical America, peppers are warm season annuals that have been grown and selected by Native Americans since pre-history times. Those in the conoides group have erect, conical fruits that appear singly and not in clusters. The attractive ‘Bolivian Rainbow’ is a tall...

(Bell Pepper, Sweet Pepper)

The big, blocky, sweet fruits of bell peppers are a garden and culinary favorite. Those of the cultivated variety ‘Bonnie Bell’ are large and four lobed. The plants are vigorous and very productive. Their luscious green peppers are ready to harvest in about 75 days and mature to rich red.

Native to tropical America, these annuals or short-lived perennials had been grown and selected by Native Americans since prehistory times. In fact, their specific region of origin is still unknown due to...