Roger’s 6 Favorite Peppers

Roger’s Gardens is your source for the best and tastiest pepper selection. Below is a list of the pepper varieties that we have for 2019. Pepper inventories change every day, varieties sell out and others become available. Have a great growing season!

Best Really Hot Red Pepper

An image of Bhut Jolokia "Red Ghost" Peppers

Bhut Jolokia – “Red Ghost”

Size/Color: 1 inch, wrinkled red fruit

Season: Summer

Type: Hot Pepper

Comments: Heat rated #5 on the list of the World’s Hottest Peppers at over 1,000,000 SVU. Does well in containers.

Best Really Hot Yellow Pepper

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Lemon Drop

Size/Color: 2 to 3 inches, slim yellow fruit

Season: Summer

Type: Hot Pepper

Comments:Highly productive short plant. Fruit is clean and fresh with a hint of citrus flavor. Rated at 75,000 SVU.

Best Mild Pepper

An image of a green Anaheim Pepper

Anaheim

Size/Color: Green to Red

Season:Mid-summer peak season; Can grow all year

Type:Chile

Comments:Relatively mild and very versatile SCUs 500-2500

Best Stuffing Pepper

An image of a green Ancho Poblano Pepper

Ancho Poblano

Size/Color: 4 inch long, dark-green fruit

Season: Summer

Type: Hot Pepper

Comments: Great, mild pepper flavor, 1,000 to 2,000 scovilles.

Best Salsa Pepper

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Serrano

Size/Color: 1-4 inches long and 1/2 inch wide, Green/red/yellow fruit.

Season: All year long

Type: Hot Pepper

Comments: Smaller version of a Jalapeno with more heat. 5,000 – 25,000 scovilles.

Best Asain Food Pepper

An image of a green Shishito Pepper

Shishito

Size/Color: Medium green to red wrinkled fruit

Season: Spring to late Fall

Type: Japanese

Comments: Sweet with a mild punch. SCU 0-100

276 Varieties of Tomatoes!

2019 Hot Pepper List

7 Pot Douglah

Anaheim

Ancho Gigantea

Ancho Poblano

Black Cobra

Black Pearl

Black Royal

Bode Amarela

Bulgarian Carrot

Butch T Scorpion

Caribbenan Red Habanero

Carmen

Carolina Reaper

Cascabella

Cayenne

Chichimeca

Chile de Arbol

Chileno Sierra Nevada

Chipotle

Choclate Habanero

Chocolate Bhut Jolokia

Corno Di Toro Red

Corno Di Toro Yellow

El Jefe Jalapeno

Fatali

Felicity

Fish Pepper

Fresno

Ghost

Guajillo

Habanero

Habanero Chocolate

Habanero Peach

Habanero Red Savina

Habanero Yellow

Hacth Extra Hot

Hatch Hot

Hatch Medium

Holy Mole

Hot Rod Serrano

Italian Pepperoncini

Italian Roaster

Jalepeno

Jedi

Jimmy Nardello

King Naga

Kung Pao

Kyoto (Japanese)

Lemon Drop

Lunchbox Snack

Marconi Red

Maya Habanero

Mira Sol

NuMex Centennial

NuMex Joe E. Parker

Orange Rocotto

Pasilla Bajio

Peman (Japanese)

Peter

Pimiento

Piquin Firecracker

Piquin Red

Purple Jalapeno

Red Mushroom

Red Rocotto

Red Savina Habanero

Ring of Fire

Santa Fe Grande

Scorpion Trinidad Moruga

Scotch Bonnet

Serrano

Shishito (Japanese)

Sriracha Hybrid

Thai Hot

Tobasco

Trinidad Scorpion

White Habanero

Yellow Jalapeno

Yellow Rocotto

2019 Bell Pepper List

Better Belle

Bianca

Big Bertha

Big Red

Cajun Belle

California Wonder

Chocolate Beauty

Fushimi

Golden Cal Wonder

Gypsy

Mini Chocolate

Mini Red

Mini Yellow

Orange Sun

Padron

Red Beauty

Red Knight

Red Marcoi

Romanian Rainbow

Shishito

The Big Early

Yolo Wonder