Pepper Bell with Cute Stuff Red

Peppers

March 8, 2014 @ 9:19 pm

Pepper Plants
Sunset’s Pepper Plants… 

Peppers are a popular warm season crop. We offer healthy plants and some unique varieties! Plant them in well-drained soil in a full sun location. Most of the peppers we offer will ripen around late August.

Our pepper starts are some of the best in town!


Ancho/Poblano Types

  • Trident 85 days, hybrid. Heart-shaped fruit up to 7″ L x 2” W, Mild. Use fresh or dry and grind for Ancho spice.

Chili Types

  • Anaheim (75 days, 5”L x 3”W, Mild)
  • Big Jim 75 days, Large NuMex type up 10″, great for chili rellenos, Mild to Medium Heat
  • Cayenne Long Thin 70 days, 4”L x .5”W, Very Hot!
  • Garden Salsa 75 days, 8″-9″ long skinny fruit, Mild, wonderful for salsa
  • Giant Ristra 80 days, 7″ red chili, 2014 All America Selections Winner
  • Hatch/New Mexico A favorite for regional flavor
  • Pueblo Chile (Mosco): 75 days, 5″-6″ thick walled fruit with a bit of heat. Great for roasting
  • Relleno: (80 days Classic long pepper… stuff them how you like them!)
  • Super Chili 75 days, 2”L x 1”W, LOADS of upright growing mini Thai type chili. Very Spicy
  • Thai Compact Make your own chili powder or red pepper flakes with these small peppers from a compact plant.
Pepper Cayenne
Cayenne
Pepper Anaheim
Anaheim
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Garden Salsa

Pepper Super Chili
Super Chili

Jalapeno:  Make Your Own Poppers!

  • Early Jalapeno 65 days, 3”, Medium heat, thick wall
  • Fooled You 85 days, High yielding, mild jalapeno, small 1″-3″
Pepper Jalapeno Early Hot
Jalapeno Early Hot
Photo Courtesy Genesis via BHC


Sweet Bell Pepper Varieties:

  • Better Belle 75 days, 5” fruit
  • MexiBell 60 days, small bell pepper with an Anaheim chili flavor. All-America Selections.  Prolific producer
  • Snack Time: 60 days NEW! popular sweet, snack sized mini bells
  • Yummy Mix (60 days) NEW! popular sweet, snack sized mini bells
Pepper Better Belle
Better Belle
Photo Courtesy Ball Horticultural Company
Mexibell
Mexibell

Misc:

  • Cherry Pick 65 days  High yields of 1″ rounded sweet fruit.  Stir fry when green or allow to mature to red for a pickling pepper.
  • Ghost: Wrinkled scarlet fruit is said to be one of the hottest in the world. Use with caution! Thumb-sized peppers with tremendous heat.
  • Habanero Red 95 days, 1″ fruit, red hot!
  • Hungarian Hot Wax 60 days, 4″ L x 1″W, Hot Banana/Wax Type Peppers
  • Serrano (85 days, 2”L x .5”W, Hot Pepper)
  • Scotch Bonnet (Red) 90 days, Small 1″ wrinkled peppers that hail from the Caribbean. Smoky flavor and SUPER HOT! Handle with care.
  • Shishito 60 days to green/80 days to red, Small peppers add flavor without heat. Prolific and popular Japanese sweet pepper.
  • Sriracha 70 days. Hot Thai peppers used in the famous chili paste sauce.
  • Sweet Banana 65 days, 4”L x 1”W, Sweet
  • Tabasco 75 days, prolific and hot, make your own hot sauce!
  • Trinidad Scorpion 80 days, This one has a point tail and stings! Rated as one of the world’s hottest peppers. Eat at your own risk.
Pepper Habanero
Habanero
Pepper Serrano
Serrano
Photo Courtesy Seeds by Design via BHC