PEPPER VARIETIES 2024
Please Note: Days to maturity indicates the time from planting to mature fruit.
ANAHEIM
PEPPER TYPE: Mild
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 500-2500
CHARACTERISTICS: The Anaheim is normally a very mild hot pepper. It is very versatile and family friendly, even for people who typically don’t like spicy foods. It has only a slight pop and a mild fruity sweetness that people enjoy. 74-76 days.
BETTER BELLE IV
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Vigorous, fast grower perfect for patio pots. Better Belles are ready to harvest earlier than other varieties, producing tasty, thick-walled fruit as big as 5” across. 75 days.
BIG BERTHA
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: The largest elongated bell pepper available. Thick-walled, 7-inch long fruit ripens to red. This pepper is a big plant, so use a tomato cage or stakes to support because when the stems get heavy with big fruit, they can break in the wind or rain. 72 days.
CALIFORNIA WONDER
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: 4-lobed, sweet bell with nice, thick walls. The deep-green peppers turn red at maturity. 72-77 days.
CAROLINA REAPER
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 1,569,300 - 2,200,000
CHARACTERISTICS: The Carolina Reaper is now famously known as the world’s hottest chili pepper. It is a pepper that is 100 times hotter than a Jalapeno. These can be dried and used for cooking or used fresh. It has a cherry under tone with a hint of citrus. 90 days.
CAYENNE LONG RED SLIM
PEPPER TYPE: Hot/Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 45,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Slender, long peppers turn bright-red and are very hot. The 2-feet tall plants are vigorous and productive. Very hot fruits 5.0” long and 1.5” thick. Use fresh or dried for winter use. 67-72 days.
CHILLY CHILI
PEPPER TYPE:
Mild, Ornamental
CHARACTERISTICS: The “heat” was bred out of the peppers, which is perfect for households with children who like to explore their environment. The fruit changes colour from yellow to orange and matures at red. Extremely heat-tolerant. Plants grow about 1 foot tall and produce petite 2” peppers. 72 days.
CUBANELLE
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: The peppers have a sweet and mild flavour. They start in shades of bright yellow to green, and ripen into a striking red. They can be picked and eaten when they are any colour. Plants tend to reach 24-30 inches in height. 62-65 days.
DRAGONFLY
PEPPER TYPE: Hot/Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 100,000 – 150,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Produces large numbers of petite fruits that mature from green to blazing red. The upright, finger-like peppers pack the heat even when small and green, and can be used fresh or dried to add sizzle to mealtime menus. Plants are compact and perfect for containers. The colourful peppers last a long time on the plant. 75 days.
DURANGO
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 2,500-5,000
CHARACTERISTICS: The attractive 6.5-8” fruit mature to bright red then dry to deep burgundy-black. Great in salsa or ground into powder. 70 days.
GOLDEN CALIFORNIA WONDER
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Golden Cal Wonder is a very sweet, blocky-shaped, 4-lobed bell pepper with thick flesh and 3.75" diameter fruits that ripen from medium green to golden yellow to deep orange. 62-73 days.
GYPSY
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: This elongated, 3-lobed beauty performs well in hot and cool regions. Great for frying or in salads. Ripens from light greenish yellow to orange to red. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus. 60-65 days.

SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 100,000-350,000
CHARACTERISTICS: The orange habanero pepper plant is a very productive plant that will produce large amounts of 1 to 3 inches of shiny, scorching peppers and will stand out beautifully. The plants are very tolerant to cool conditions. The clearest sign of a ripe habanero is the bright orange color. 95 days.
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 200,000+
CHARACTERISTICS: Small, rippled fruit with a characteristic fruity flavour and aroma. Colourful skins ripen from green to yellow, then orange to red as they mature. Small, cute and shiny and some call this baby “Lucifer’s Dream”. Very hot with great yields. 95 days.
HOT BURRITO Kitchen Minis™
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000-10,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Lime-green fruit will ripen to bright red for a colourful display of fruit on top of the foliage. Broad, conical fruit is mildly spicy and great for adding to a sauce or slow-cooking with braised savoury dishes. 95 days.
HOT FAJITA Kitchen Minis™
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 70,000
HOT HUNGARIAN WAX (HOT YELLOW WAX)
PEPPER TYPE: Hot/Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000-15,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Bright yellow, smooth, and waxy, this gem has a spicy heat to it. Does well in Lethbridge summers. Is great for pickling, frying or spicing up your favourite dish. It may look like a mild banana pepper, but really the Hungarian wax pepper has a lot more bite. 75-90 days.
HOT LEMON ZEST Kitchen Minis™
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 40,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Easy to grow kitchen minis! Excellent indoor performance! Long lasting colour with tasty yellow fruit. Small teardrop-shaped peppers are great for spicing up a salsa or hot sauce. 100 days.
JALAPENO LA BOMBA ll
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000
CHARACTERISTICS: A high quality Jalapeno with good flavour and medium heat. Large, 2-3/4" long by 1" wide, dark green fruits have thick walls with little to no etching and are great fresh or used for 'poppers'. Strong, upright plants have a sturdy main stem for easy harvest, plus a dense leaf canopy to help prevent sunscald. 56 days.
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Jalapeno M is the most popular of the Jalapeno peppers. This is the one you find in supermarkets or in your favourite dish. The Jalapeno M is a classic as a hot pepper that you won’t need a fire extinguisher when you eat it. A very pleasant and popular pepper. 70 days.
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: The average size fruit is 6" x 4" with blocky, thick walls producing very well on a medium size, multi branching plant. The fruits can be harvested green or allowed to mature to a deep red. 68-75 days.
MAJESTIC RED
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Fruits are blocky, firm and heavy for their size and set quickly to ensure a good yield. The early maturing plants are medium to large, have good cover, have good disease resistance. Beautiful high quality sweet bell with extra-large, candy apple red fruit. 75-85 days.
ORANGE BLAZE
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Vigorous plants bear gorgeous 2 to 3-lobed peppers that turn bright orange quickly. The fruit is 3 to 4 inches long and 1½ inches wide with a very sweet flavor, providing early harvests of delicious peppers just right for cutting into salads or for use in cooked dishes. Plants are vigorous and highly disease resistant. 65-70 days.
PURPLE FLASH ORNAMENTAL
PEPPER TYPE: Ornamental, Extremely Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS: 80,000 - not recommended for eating.
CHARACTERISTICS: Striking flashes of bright purple foliage among the almost-black leaves contrast with small, glossy and black fruit. Very heat-tolerant plants are perfect for mixed containers and in-ground plantings. 80-100 days.
RED HOT CHERRY
PEPPER TYPE: Medium Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000-15,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Hot Red Cherry peppers (Capsicum annuum) are small red peppers about 1½” diameter shaped like cherries. They are a medium hot pepper. Hot Red Cherry peppers are often used in pickling. They are slightly sweet. 80 days.
SERRANO
PEPPER TYPE: Medium Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU):
10,000-25,000
CHARACTERISTICS: This small torpedo shaped pepper is hotter than a jalapeno, and is widely used in various cuisines to add a spicy bite to recipes .65-80 days to maturity.
SRIRACHA
PEPPER TYPE: Mild/Medium
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 2,300-2,500
SUPER CHILI
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 40,000-50,000
CHARACTERISTICS: These small peppers grow upright in clusters and mature from light green to red, often with shades of orange in between. They grow to 1 ½” – 2” in length and ½” – 1” in width and have a cone shape. They are decorative and colourful, and are often used as a border in garden or eaten as a zesty component to sauces, salsas or relishes. 75-85 days.
SWEET BANANA
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Sweet Banana peppers are sweet, mild peppers with a banana-like shape. This high-yielding variety will produce up to 3 pods per plant. 60-80 days.
TABASCO
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 30,000-50,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Tabasco pepper is a variety of hot chili pepper. Tabasco peppers are a medium sized variety, measuring around 2” in length, at maturation. They are oblong shaped and bright red in color. 80 days.
TAMALE Kitchen Minis™
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 15,000-30,000
PEPPER VARIETIES DEVELOPED BY MIKE STEFANCSIK
GIANT CHERRY HOT
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 7,000-10,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Giant Cherry is a pepper variety developed by Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society guru, Mike Stefancsik. Lots of fruit in a dark deep red colour 1”-2” across. Plant can grow up to 2’ tall. Indeterminate. 60-70 days.
HOT CHILLY (Hungarian Hot)
PEPPER TYPE: Extreme Heat
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000-15,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Hot Chilly is a family heirloom pepper variety developed by Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society guru, Mike Stefancsik. Medium sized green chili-type pepper with “extreme” heat that matures to a beautiful orange colour. 70 days.
TAMALE Kitchen Minis™
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 15,000-30,000
SWEET EDIE
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Sweet Edie is a pepper variety developed by Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society guru, Mike Stefancsik. His Sweet Edie pepper is named for his mother. The original seeds came from Hungary in 1979. This pepper is yellow/white in colour with a sweet thick flesh and provides delicious eating. Plant 14” – 16” apart. Indeterminate. 60-70 days.
HOT PEPPER
CASCABELLA MINIATURE HOT HUNGARIAN
Please Note: Days to maturity indicates the time from planting to mature fruit.
ANAHEIM
PEPPER TYPE: Mild

SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 500-2500
CHARACTERISTICS: The Anaheim is normally a very mild hot pepper. It is very versatile and family friendly, even for people who typically don’t like spicy foods. It has only a slight pop and a mild fruity sweetness that people enjoy. 74-76 days.
GOLDEN CALIFORNIA WONDER
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Golden Cal Wonder is a very sweet, blocky-shaped, 4-lobed bell pepper with thick flesh and 3.75" diameter fruits that ripen from medium green to golden yellow to deep orange. 62-73 days.
HOT HUNGARIAN WAX (HOT YELLOW WAX)
PEPPER TYPE: Hot/Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000-15,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Bright yellow, smooth, and waxy, this gem has a spicy heat to it. Does well in Lethbridge summers. Is great for pickling, frying or spicing up your favourite dish. It may look like a mild banana pepper, but really the Hungarian wax pepper has a lot more bite. 75-90 days.
RED HOT CHERRY
PEPPER TYPE: Medium Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000-15,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Hot Red Cherry peppers (Capsicum annuum) are small red peppers about 1½” diameter shaped like cherries. They are a medium hot pepper. Hot Red Cherry peppers are often used in pickling. They are slightly sweet. 80 days.
BETTER BELLE IV
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Vigorous, fast grower perfect for patio pots. Better Belles are ready to harvest earlier than other varieties, producing tasty, thick-walled fruit as big as 5” across. 75 days.
GOLDEN CAYENNE
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 30,000-50,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Cayenne shape fruit will mature from green to golden yellow and increase in heat as they ripen. Peppers are excellent for cooking or fresh eating in salsa and sauces or dried and ground into a unique golden yellow powder. 90 days.
HOT LEMON ZEST Kitchen Minis™
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 40,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Easy to grow kitchen minis! Excellent indoor performance! Long lasting colour with tasty yellow fruit. Small teardrop-shaped peppers are great for spicing up a salsa or hot sauce. 100 days.
SERRANO
PEPPER TYPE: Medium Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 10,000-25,000
CHARACTERISTICS: This small torpedo shaped pepper is hotter than a jalapeno, and is widely used in various cuisines to add a spicy bite to recipes .65-80 days to maturity.
BIG BERTHA
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: The largest elongated bell pepper available. Thick-walled, 7-inch long fruit ripens to red. This pepper is a big plant, so use a tomato cage or stakes to support because when the stems get heavy with big fruit, they can break in the wind or rain. 72 days.
GYPSY
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: This elongated, 3-lobed beauty performs well in hot and cool regions. Great for frying or in salads. Ripens from light greenish yellow to orange to red. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus. 60-65 days.
JALAPENO LA BOMBA ll
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000
CHARACTERISTICS: A high quality Jalapeno with good flavour and medium heat. Large, 2-3/4" long by 1" wide, dark green fruits have thick walls with little to no etching and are great fresh or used for 'poppers'. Strong, upright plants have a sturdy main stem for easy harvest, plus a dense leaf canopy to help prevent sunscald. 56 days.
CALIFORNIA WONDER
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: 4-lobed, sweet bell with nice, thick walls. The deep-green peppers turn red at maturity. 72-77 days.
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 100,000-350,000
CHARACTERISTICS: The orange habanero pepper plant is a very productive plant that will produce large amounts of 1 to 3 inches of shiny, scorching peppers and will stand out beautifully. The plants are very tolerant to cool conditions. The clearest sign of a ripe habanero is the bright orange color. 95 days.
HABANERO ORANGE
PEPPER TYPE: Hot/Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 100,000-350,000
CHARACTERISTICS: The orange habanero pepper plant is a very productive plant that will produce large amounts of 1 to 3 inches of shiny, scorching peppers and will stand out beautifully. The plants are very tolerant to cool conditions. The clearest sign of a ripe habanero is the bright orange color. 95 days.
SRIRACHA
PEPPER TYPE: Mild/Medium
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 2,300-2,500
CAROLINA REAPER
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU):1,569,300 - 2,200,000
CHARACTERISTICS: The Carolina Reaper is now famously known as the world’s hottest chili pepper. It is a pepper that is 100 times hotter than a Jalapeno. These can be dried and used for cooking or used fresh. It has a cherry under tone with a hint of citrus. 90 days.
HABANERO RED
PEPPER TYPE: Hot/Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 200,000+
CHARACTERISTICS: Small, rippled fruit with a characteristic fruity flavour and aroma. Colourful skins ripen from green to yellow, then orange to red as they mature. Small, cute and shiny and some call this baby “Lucifer’s Dream”. Very hot with great yields. 95 days.
JALAPENO LA BOMBA ll
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000
CHARACTERISTICS: A high quality Jalapeno with good flavour and medium heat. Large, 2-3/4" long by 1" wide, dark green fruits have thick walls with little to no etching and are great fresh or used for 'poppers'. Strong, upright plants have a sturdy main stem for easy harvest, plus a dense leaf canopy to help prevent sunscald. 56 days.
SUPER CHILI
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 40,000-50,000
CHARACTERISTICS: These small peppers grow upright in clusters and mature from light green to red, often with shades of orange in between. They grow to 1 ½” – 2” in length and ½” – 1” in width and have a cone shape. They are decorative and colourful, and are often used as a border in garden or eaten as a zesty component to sauces, salsas or relishes. 75-85 days.
HOT BURRITO Kitchen Minis™
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000-10,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Lime-green fruit will ripen to bright red for a colourful display of fruit on top of the foliage. Broad, conical fruit is mildly spicy and great for adding to a sauce or slow-cooking with braised savoury dishes. 95 days.
JALAPENO M
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Jalapeno M is the most popular of the Jalapeno peppers. This is the one you find in supermarkets or in your favourite dish. The Jalapeno M is a classic as a hot pepper that you won’t need a fire extinguisher when you eat it. A very pleasant and popular pepper. 70 days.
SWEET BANANA
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Sweet Banana peppers are sweet, mild peppers with a banana-like shape. This high-yielding variety will produce up to 3 pods per plant. 60-80 days.
CHILLY CHILI
PEPPER TYPE:
Mild, Ornamental
CHARACTERISTICS: The “heat” was bred out of the peppers, which is perfect for households with children who like to explore their environment. The fruit changes colour from yellow to orange and matures at red. Extremely heat-tolerant. Plants grow about 1 foot tall and produce petite 2” peppers. 72 days.
HOT FAJITA Kitchen Minis™
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 70,000
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: The average size fruit is 6" x 4" with blocky, thick walls producing very well on a medium size, multi branching plant. The fruits can be harvested green or allowed to mature to a deep red. 68-75 days.
CUBANELLE
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: The peppers have a sweet and mild flavour. They start in shades of bright yellow to green, and ripen into a striking red. They can be picked and eaten when they are any colour. Plants tend to reach 24-30 inches in height. 62-65 days.
MAJESTIC RED
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Fruits are blocky, firm and heavy for their size and set quickly to ensure a good yield. The early maturing plants are medium to large, have good cover, have good disease resistance. Beautiful high quality sweet bell with extra-large, candy apple red fruit. 75-85 days.
ORANGE BLAZE
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Vigorous plants bear gorgeous 2 to 3-lobed peppers that turn bright orange quickly. The fruit is 3 to 4 inches long and 1½ inches wide with a very sweet flavor, providing early harvests of delicious peppers just right for cutting into salads or for use in cooked dishes. Plants are vigorous and highly disease resistant. 65-70 days.
DRAGONFLY
PEPPER TYPE: Hot/Spicy
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 100,000 – 150,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Produces large numbers of petite fruits that mature from green to blazing red. The upright, finger-like peppers pack the heat even when small and green, and can be used fresh or dried to add sizzle to mealtime menus. Plants are compact and perfect for containers. The colourful peppers last a long time on the plant. 75 days.
PURPLE FLASH ORNAMENTAL
PEPPER TYPE: Ornamental, Extremely Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS: 80,000 - not recommended for eating.
CHARACTERISTICS: Striking flashes of bright purple foliage among the almost-black leaves contrast with small, glossy and black fruit. Very heat-tolerant plants are perfect for mixed containers and in-ground plantings. 80-100 days.
DURANGO
PEPPER TYPE: Mildly Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 2,500-5,000
CHARACTERISTICS: The attractive 6.5-8” fruit mature to bright red then dry to deep burgundy-black. Great in salsa or ground into powder. 70 days.
GIANT CHERRY HOT
PEPPER TYPE: Hot
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 7,000-10,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Giant Cherry is a pepper variety developed by Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society guru, Mike Stefancsik. Lots of fruit in a dark deep red colour 1”-2” across. Plant can grow up to 2’ tall. Indeterminate. 60-70 days.
HOT CHILLY (Hungarian Hot)
PEPPER TYPE: Extreme Heat
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU): 5,000-15,000
CHARACTERISTICS: Hot Chilly is a family heirloom pepper variety developed by Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society guru, Mike Stefancsik. Medium sized green chili-type pepper with “extreme” heat that matures to a beautiful orange colour. 70 days.
SWEET EDIE
PEPPER TYPE: Sweet
CHARACTERISTICS: Sweet Edie is a pepper variety developed by Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society guru, Mike Stefancsik. His Sweet Edie pepper is named for his mother. The original seeds came from Hungary in 1979. This pepper is yellow/white in colour with a sweet thick flesh and provides delicious eating. Plant 14” – 16” apart. Indeterminate. 60-70 days
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