(Garda Tricolor Ornamental Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)

The ornamental pepper 'Garda Tricolor' produces quantities of pudgy, upright, colorful chili peppers that resemble Christmas lights. Although its fiery-hot fruits are edible, this cultivar was developed for ornamental use.

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 'Garda Tricolor' are followed by erect, conical, 1.5-inch (3.5-cm) fruits...

(Chile Pepper, Garden Salsa Pepper)

The large, abundantly produced, relatively mild-flavored fruits of 'Garden Salsa' are excellent in salsas and sauces. This virus-resistant F1 hybrid was introduced in 1993 by Petoseed, Saticoy, California. 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...

(Bell Pepper, Giant Marconi Pepper, Sweet Pepper)

A 2001 All-America Selections winner, 'Giant Marconi' impressed judges with its vigor, high yields, large fruit size and complex sweet flavor. This cultivar produces fruits for harvest 70 to 72 days after planting from transplants. The narrow, 6- to 8-inch-long (15 to 20 cm) fruits are green and ripen to scarlet red. They are produced on large, bushy plants. These peppers can be eaten green or red, raw or cooked and have a slightly smoky sweet flavor. Fully mature peppers are ideal for roasting.

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(Bell Pepper, Golden Calwonder Pepper)

Some believe 'Golden Calwonder' produces the most delicious yellow sweet bell peppers around. This classic 1948 introduction is just like the old-time favorite 'Calwonder' except its fruits are yellow rather than red when mature. Peppers are ready for harvest around 70 to 75 days after planting from seedlings. They are initially lime green and ripen to deep golden yellow. The blocky, four-lobed fruits offer a mild, super sweet flavor perfect for fresh eating or cooking.

Native to tropical...

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...