Peppers are one of the most rewarding crops to grow from seed! Sandia Seed offers options for beginners, salsa-makers, chile lovers, and heat seekers. Peppers are great for food gardens as they are productive and there are so many ways to preserve the harvest – you can make pickled peppers, hot sauces, salsas, or dry peppers to use for hot pepper flakes and sauces all year long.
Shishito peppers, above, are super easy to grow and SO productive, perfect for beginners! These Japanese peppers are savory and sweet, but every once in awhile you will get a spicy one.
Best peppers for beginners:
Our easiest-to-grow peppers include our fastest growing peppers including sweet Shishitos, Banana Peppers, Santaka Peppers, Gypsy Peppers, Serranos, Jalapeños, Sweet Chocolate Bells, and Hatch varieties.
Best peppers for roasting and New Mexican cooking:
If you love New Mexico chile like we do, growing these exceptionally delicious chile varieties in your garden is a must. Our Hatch Green chile seed varieties come in Mild, Medium, Hot. Find our list of green chile varieties by heat to discover the perfect heat levels for your tastebuds. Extra large and easy to peel varieties include Big Jims, Joe E. Parker, Anaheim. Poblanos are also a huge hit and are perfect for chile rellenos!
Best peppers for salsa:
If you love salsa, be sure to grow the following hot peppers: Fresnos, Serranos, Chile de Árbol, Guajillo, any of our 11 different kinds of Jalapenos, and hotter options like Habaneros and Ghost Peppers., or the hottest pepper you can grow, the infamous Carolina Reaper.
Best super-hot peppers:
If you like spicy, then make sure to grow some of our super hot peppers including the Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion, Ghost, Naga Morich.
Marconi sweet peppers, shown above, are delicious and savory sweet.
Sweet and Specialty Peppers:
Paprika, Marconi, Padrón, Pepperoncini, Fushimi Peppers, Jimmy Nardello Peppers, Sweet Red Cherry Peppers, Corno Di Toro Italian Peppers, or spicy Chile de Arbol or Aleppo peppers are perfect for gardeners who want amazingly flavored peppers that are hard to find at the grocery store or market. But don't stop at this list, discover all of our Specialty Pepper Seeds »
Growing Peppers from Seed:
Find our top 12 tips for growing peppers from seed so that you can have a successful and productive pepper garden! It's all about using fresh pepper seeds, starting them indoors, keeping them warm, giving them air circulation, hardening them off, and planting in well-draining soil or potting mix.
Happy growing!
