Bell Mini Mix – Red, Yellow, and Orange - These small colorful snack size peppers are sweet, crunchy, and full of flavor. It is fun to watch them grow and turn from green to their intended color of red, yellow, or orange. These seeds are not color-coated so this will add to the suspense! They are delicious raw and can be cooked in so many ways; fried, baked, or barbequed are just a few. Each plant will produce peppers in one of the three colors. The sturdy 24“plants produce all summer and grow well in containers.

Growing Tip In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest peppers when they are yellow and full size.

Capsicum annuum (75 days)

Heat Level: Sweet   Scoville: 0

Heirloom/Open-pollinated/Non-GMO 

Packet contains 10 seeds. 

Dulce Italiano peppers are sweet and aromatic, with a soft texture when ripe and a sharper taste when eaten green 

These peppers can be eaten fresh, used in salads or salsa, or pickled 

Dulce Italiano plants can grow up to 4 ft tall and require support to carry the heavy fruit 

The best time to harvest is when the peppers are fully red, as this is when they develop their sweetest and most aromatic flavor 

Dulce Italiano peppers have a Scoville scale rating of 0–500, which means they are not hot.

The peppers are long and pointed, with a slightly wavy shape, and can grow up to 18 centimeters long. 

Color:

They start green and turn a vibrant red when ripe. 

Flavor:

The peppers are known for their sweetness, especially when fully red, and have a thin skin. 

Uses:

They are versatile and can be used in various dishes, including salads, salsa, pickling, grilling, and frying. 

Growing:

The plants are vigorous and high-yielding, suitable for both outdoor and greenhouse cultivation. 

Ripeness:

While the peppers are also tasty when green, they develop their peak sweetness and aroma when they turn red. 

Size and Shape:

They can be partially compressed and twisted, and the flesh has thick walls. 

Other:

They are often used in Italian cuisine and are sometimes called Peperone Dulce Italiano

A big red bell pepper is a medium to large, rounded, or blocky fruit with a thick green stem and smooth, glossy, bright red skin. Here are some more details about red bell peppers: 

Size: They are typically 5–8 centimeters in diameter and 5–12 centimeters in length. 

Shape: They have 3–4 lobes and a thick green stem. 

Flesh: The flesh is thick, juicy, crisp, and succulent, with a pale red color. 

Seeds: There is a central, hollow cavity with very small, flat, and bitter cream-colored seeds. 

Taste: Red bell peppers are sweet with a fruity flavor. 

Pimentos are sweet, succulent, aromatic, and one of our favorites! Fresh from the garden they can be used as the filling inside green olives, in the making of pimiento cheese and stuffed to be served as an appetizer. An easy way to serve them is cut off the top of the pepper and remove the seeds. Stuff with a bit of fresh mozzarella and brush with olive oil. Grill until the peppers begin to soften and the cheese starts to melt. 

Expect heavy yields of large thick walled 4-1/2" long by 3" wide sweet peppers that will turn from green to red when mature. These easy to grow plants will reach 24” high. Capsicum annuum (85 days) Heirloom - open-pollinated

Heat Level: None - Sweet Pepper

Sweet Banana

One of the dependable basics that just produces and grows like crazy. The Banana is one of the best sweet pepper varieties. It usually dodges the Pepper plant diseases too. If you take the 'growing sweet peppers 101 course' the Sweet Banana pepper is sure to be featured. One of the most reliable sweet pepper seeds available. Starts yellow and mellows to red.  

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 green to light yellow, at which point it is ready to harvest. If left on the plant they will continue to mature to red. Plants are 24“ tall and easy to grow. Capsicum annuum (75 days) Heirloom - Open-pollinated

Heat Level: Scoville 0 - 500

~ Packet contains 30 seeds. 

In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest peppers when they are light yellow and full size.

Italian Sweet Orange Frying peppers are a highly productive heirloom variety known for their long, conical shape and a flavor that intensifies in sweetness as they ripen from green to bright orange. These thin-walled peppers are versatile in the kitchen, offering a crisp texture when raw that transforms into a creamy, smoky treat when fried or roasted. 

Key Characteristics

Fruit Profile: Produces fat, conical fruits typically 20–25 cm (8–10 inches) long.

Flavor: Sugary sweet with no heat (Scoville rating under 100) and a complex, delicate roasted flavor.

Grow the pepper that’s long been prized by restaurants and is a favorite among chefs. Shishito is a Japanese sweet pepper that produces handfuls of finger-long fruits. Usually used when green (though also fine to eat when red), the peppers are thin-walled, making them ideal for tempura and stir fries. On this side of the Pacific, it’s wildly popular as an appetizer—tossed with oil, then char-grilled or pan-seared to a blackened, blistered state and salted. Plants are compact and perfect for containers. Use one plant per 18-inch pot.