(Bell Pepper, Chocolate Beauty Pepper)

Gourmet gardeners need to grow 'Chocolate Beauty' sweet bell peppers for their looks as well as flavor. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, these peppers produce high-quality fruits ideal for fresh eating as well as cooking. Harvest-ready peppers are produced about 85 days after planting. The smooth-skinned, blocky fruits are milk chocolate brown with dark mahogany-red undertones. They taste sweet and non-pungent as long as they are fully ripe.

Native to tropical America, these annuals had been...

(Bell Pepper, Classic Pepper)

This Sakata seed introduction is resistant to bacterial leaf spot and bears loads of large, blocky fruits that turn from green to red. Green fruits can be harvested in 70 to 80 days after planting and sweeten up and turn deep red another three weeks later. The tasty peppers have an extra long shelf life and are perfect for roasting.

Native to tropical America, these annuals had been grown and selected by Native Americans since pre-history times. In fact, their specific region of origin is still...

(Bell Pepper, Cubanelle Pepper, Sweet Pepper)

An early sweet Italian frying pepper, 'Cubanelle' produces delicious slender fruits. Harvest-ready peppers are produced 65 to 75 days after planting. The long fruits can be picked and eaten when still light green but eventually ripen to bright orange-red. The immature peppers have a fresh, sweet, green flavor and the mature peppers have a deeper, sweeter taste. These thin-skinned peppers have relatively low water content, making them superb for frying or roasting.

Native to tropical America,...

(Bell Pepper, Sweet Pepper)

The long, broad cultivation history of the pepper best explains why its fruits come in a myriad of forms tastes and colors, whether they are big or small, hot or sweet, red or yellow.

Native to tropical America, these annuals have been grown and selected by Native Americans since pre-history times. In fact, their specific region of origin is still unknown due to distribution by man. Peppers became available to Europeans when the new and old worlds connected. Since then, many unique selections...

(Chile Pepper, Diablo Grande Pepper)

A banana-type chili pepper that packs plenty of heat, 'Diablo Grande' is several times hotter than jalapeno and serrano peppers. It is one of numerous members 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 leaves on stiff brittle stems. Inconspicuous white...

(Bell Pepper, Sweet Pepper)

For those in a hurry, 'Early Bell' will mature in just 55 to 60 days compared to the typical 70 plus for standard bell pepper varieties. The blocky sweet peppers turn from green to red. this is an older early pepper variety that's becoming less and less available in commerce.

Peppers are bushy plants with rigid, brittle stems and thin, often broad, dark green leaves. Their flowers are inconspicuous, five-petaled and white. Peppers have firm, fleshy, hollow fruits that may be harvested green...

(Bell Pepper, Elisa Pepper)

A 1997 introduction, 'Elisa' is a hybrid sweet bell pepper that ripens from green to red. The blocky, 6-inch-long (15 cm) fruits are harvestable when green, about 74 days after planting, and turn red after another two weeks later. This disease resistant cultivar has good, sweet flavor and is ideal for fresh eating and cooking.

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

(Explosive Blast Ornamental Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)

The colorful fruits of the cone pepper ‘Explosive Blast’ are grown for their ornamental value. The plants are compact and produce moderately-sized peppers that are erect, conical and appear singly, not in clusters. The fruits turn from cream to yellow, orange and finally red when mature. Ornamental peppers are generally edible but they are not often evaluated for hotness or flavor. Care must be taken with plants grown at nurseries for ornamental purposes; they may have been treated with pesticides...

(Explosive Embers Ornamental Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)

The colorful fruits of the cone pepper ‘Explosive Embers’ are grown as ornamentals and for the hot, edible peppers. The plants are compact and the peppers small erect, conical and appear singly, not in clusters. The hot fruit is purple-black turning red when mature. Ornamental peppers are generally edible, but care must be taken with plants grown by nurseries for ornamental purposes; they may have been treated with pesticides or other chemicals not suitable for edible plants. Plants take 130 - 145...

(Explosive Ignite Ornamental Pepper, Ornamental Pepper)

The colorful fruits of the cone pepper ‘Explosive Ignite’ are grown for their ornamental value rather than flavor. The plants are compact and the peppers erect, conical (though thin and long) and appear singly, not in clusters. The fruits are initially cream then turn to yellow, orange and finally red. Ornamental peppers are generally edible but they are not often evaluated for hotness or flavor. Care must be taken with plants grown at nurseries for ornamental purposes; they may have been treated...