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This mammoth Grey Striped Sunflower produces nutritious white and grey-striped seeds. The massive bright yellow blooms have feathery petals and large chocolate brown centers full of seeds. Thin-shelled, striped seeds are plump and meaty with high oil content. Plants grow 6-12' tall and produce flowers that range from 10-12″ across....

Cilantro is a cool-season plant that grows quickly. Leaves have a citrusy bite and the entire plant is edible. Cilantro is great to add to salsa recipes! Cilantro seeds can be planted outdoors. Sow seeds after the last frost date. Plant seeds 1/4" deep and then thin them to 6" apart. Water...

Yellow Brain Strain / Yellow 7 Pot - This pepper is extremely hot and rivals some of the hottest peppers in the world. It looks like a brain because of its lumpy appearance, but brain strain is actually what happens when you eat it! A unique pepper with pods 2-1/2” long and 2-1/2” wide with...

Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is recognized as the world's hottest pepper by Guinness Book of World Records in 2011. The Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T" measured as high as 1,463,700 Scoville. In our taste test it was just as hot as Yellow Brain Strain! It is named Butch T because the seeds originally...

Start your herb garden with these five classics: Oregano, Cilantro, Parsley, Chives, and Basil. Cilantro pairs perfectly with hot peppers and heirloom tomatoes to make the best salsas. Oregano can go into salsas as well, plus you can add it along with Basil and tomatoes when making red tomato sauces...

The Spanish Piquillo pepper (a.k.a. the little beak pepper) is usually seen coming out of a jar. This sweet pepper with modest heat –nearly imperceptible– has both smoky and tart undertones. It received a European PDO (Protected Denomination of Origin) and cannot be commercially grown outside its Navarra, Spain region, but we...

Pasilla is the dried form of the Chilaca chile and means little raisin in Spanish. This refers to its appearance with dark brown wrinkled skin. Use the Chilaca pepper fresh for enchilada sauce or salsas. Use the dried powdered Pasilla peppers in Mexican mole sauces. This heirloom is easy to...

Trinidad Scorpion - One of the all-time super hots at over 1,400,000 Scoville Heat Units! This pepper has a unique flavor with a fruity sweet-hot combination, but once the heat comes along it never stops. Pods are 2” long and 2-1/2” wide with a distinctive tail. Matures from green to yellow to red. Fruity...

Sweet Banana - A great pepper for short season climates because it produces so quickly. It is versatile and flavorful and can be used successfully in a wide range of dishes. Pickled, stuffed or jellied are a few. These sweet and crunchy peppers can grow up to 6” long. The fruit turns from pale...

Brunswick cabbage is a cold-hardy fall/winter variety that is also heat resistant. It has good flavor fresh and is a favorite for making sauerkraut. The solid heads can weigh 6-10 lbs. These are also delicious in our Spicy Cabbage Salsa Recipe! Cabbage seeds can be planted outdoors. Sow seeds 2-3 weeks before...

Homemade Pickles Cucumber is a very vigorous vining plant that produces a large abundance of solid, crisp, and flavorful cucumbers. The firm crunchy cucumbers grow 6" long and the plant is resistant to common cucumber diseases. These are great for making our Spicy Refrigerator Pickles Recipe! Cucumbers are versatile and are usually...

Cascabella peppers are typically eaten fresh in the yellow stage and are often pickled. Because they are so easy to grow, and productive many home gardeners pickle these whole or sliced in rings. If you enjoy jalapeños, you will love these little yellow chiles. Check out our Pickled Cascabellas Recipe...

It's back! This no heat habanero pepper that looks and tastes like an orange habanero. The flavor and aroma of Trick or Treat is equal to, or better than a hot habanero. This variety was crossed with a Capsicum chinense orange habanero that was lacking the capsacin heat gene. Make salsa with...

Thai Hot - Their fiery zing adds incredible heat and spiciness to Asian cuisine! This plant blossoms profusely and produces a bounty of small heirloom peppers that grow in an upright direction. This small plant is ideal for container gardens. The thin-skinned 1-1/2" peppers grow upright on small 18" plants. They mature...

Chiltepin / Tepin - This hot pepper is delicious on ice cream, or in iced coffee. It is native and grows wild in Texas, Arizona and Mexico. Many birds consume the Tepin pepper and disperse the seeds into the wild, but do not feel the ‘heat’ of the pepper like mammals. The...

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion - This pepper contains so much capsaicin, that it blasts past the numbing response in your mouth and produces a ferocious burning sensation! Officially tested at 2,009,231 Scoville Heat Units! We think it's hotter than the Reaper! It's great (in small doses) in salsa... check out our Trinidad Scorpion...