A striking heirloom chili known for its dramatic color change, the Buena Mulata pepper matures from deep purple to pink, orange, and finally bright red. Slender and slightly curved, it grows 5–7 inches long with a smooth, glossy skin. The flavor is mildly smoky with a touch of sweetness, making it excellent for sauces, drying, or fresh use.

Scoville Heat Units (SHU): 30,000 – 50,000 SHU

Comparable to cayenne-level heat—medium-hot with a noticeable kick but still very usable in cooking.

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 chiles when they are yellowish-orange. 

The Mulato Isleno pepper is a large, heart-shaped Mexican chili, similar to a Poblano but sweeter, maturing from dark green to a rich, chocolate-brown color, often nicknamed the "chocolate poblano" for its flavor notes of cocoa, raisins, licorice, and tobacco. With mild heat (1,000-1,500 SHU), it's versatile for stuffing (chile relleno), roasting, and is a key ingredient in authentic mole sauce, offering deep, earthy sweetness and complexity when dried. 

Appearance: Large, heart/triangular shape (up to 6" long), ripens from dark green to a glossy, rich chocolate-brown.

Flavor Profile: Sweet, earthy, with hints of cocoa, raisins, licorice, and tobacco; complex and sophisticated.

Heat Level: Mild (1,000 - 1,500 Scoville Heat Units), less spicy than a jalapeño.

Plant: Produces abundantly on sturdy plants, tolerates heat and drought well. 

Fresh: Roasting, stuffing (chile relleno), mild salsas, stews, and fresh sauces.

Dried: Essential for authentic mole sauce, where its deep color and flavor shine.

Pairs Well With: Chocolate, coffee, cinnamon, nuts, sesame seeds, meats, and cheese. 

A purple variant of the popular cayenne pepper with a little more flavor than the red variety. They are very spicy and quite hot for salsas! Dried cayenne peppers are made into powder and flakes and used to spice up any dish. Used fresh and pickled too.

These rare peppers reach 4-6” long with thin walls. They change color from light green to dark purple and finally deep red when fully mature. The beautiful 18-20” tall plants produce many peppers and grow well in containers.  

Capsicum annuum (85 days)  - Heirloom, Open-pollinated

Heat Level: Very Hot  Scoville 30,000 - 50,000

~ Packet contains 10 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 chiles when they are yellowish-orange. 

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 this pepper fresh for enchilada sauce or salsas. Use it dried and powdered in Mexican mole sauces. This heirloom is easy to grow. 

Have you used Pasillas before?  They’re a workhorse chile that will frequently pop up in traditional Mexican sauces and salsas.

Like most dried chiles, they have a different name than their fresh counterpart.  So to get a Pasilla chile you need to start with a ripe Chilaca chile.  De-hydrate it and you’ve got a Pasilla on your hands.

You may also see Pasillas referred to as Pasilla Negro chiles or Chile Negros.Narrow 8-10" peppers are mildly hot with a sweet flavor when fresh, and a rich smoky flavor when dried. Tall 30" plants produce dark green chiles that turn dark brown when mature. Capsicum annuum (85 days) Open-pollinated - Heirloom - Non-GMO

Heat Level: Mild  Scoville 1000 - 2000

~ Packet contains 10 seeds. 

Sorrento tomatoes are a type of large, ribbed, pinkish-red tomato from the Sorrento region of Italy, prized for their sweet, delicate flavor and meaty, firm flesh. This heirloom variety is a "bull's heart" type, meaning it has very few seeds and little water, making it ideal for eating fresh in salads like a Caprese, or for other culinary uses where a high-quality tomato flavor is desired. 

Appearance: Large, round, and ribbed with a skin that is light red tending towards pink, often with green hues at harvest. The flesh is firm and meaty.

Flavor: Sweet and delicate.

Seed count: Very few seeds.

Origin: The Sorrentine Peninsula in the province of Naples, Italy. 

Culinary uses

Fresh consumption: Their sweet and delicate flavor makes them excellent for fresh salads, such as a classic Caprese salad.

Other uses: Their high quality and flavor make them versatile for various culinary uses. 

Fushimi Pepper Seeds – This traditional Japanese sweet pepper is delicious when eaten right off the plant! It has crispier skin and texture than its companion the Shishito pepper. The thin walls and bright green color make it very popular and widely used in Asian cooking, especially in tempura. These are generally picked and used when they are green, but you can also let them ripen more to a nice red color. 

Fushimi Peppers can be harvested earlier than most other peppers, and are very prolific the entire season, so you'll be harvesting them all summer. You can cook these up with a little sesame oil and salt in a hot frying pan, they are also great when grilled or pickled! 

Fushimi pepper plants produce a heavy crop of long 6" narrow pods. Plants are 24" tall and great for container gardens. Easy to grow in full sun and fertile soil. Capsicum annuum (80 days) Heirloom - Open-pollinated

Heat level: None

~ Packet contains 10 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 - 14 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 24” apart or into large containers. Harvest peppers when they are full size.

Garden Peach tomatoes are a cultivar of tomato, native South American fruit mainly from Peru. Its small, bright yellow fruit is the standard globe shape of tomato. With its yellow coloring, blushing vaguely pink mottling when very ripe, and fuzzy skin, it resembles a peach. This cultivar is also extremely prolific.

Open-pollinated heirloom  (71 days)

Fruit Color: Yellow. Shape: Round. Size: 2-4 oz. Plant Habit: Indeterminate  Plant Size: 5’

Tomatoes have fuzzy skin just like a peach! They are mildly sweet 2-4 oz fruits that are fun to grow and quite a novelty.

History: This heirloom was developed in 1890 by plant breeder Elbert S. Carman andwas introduced as a novelty in the Hallock & Sons 1890 seed catalog. In 1893 Burpee described this heirloom as "delicate, melting in the mouth like a grape".

Organic Heirloom non-GMO    10 Seeds

Open-pollinated heirloom  (67 days)

Fruit Color: Bi-color Yellow and Red. Size: 1-1/2" Round Cherry. Plant Habit: Indeterminate  Plant Size: 6’

This variety produces precious little 1-1/2" morsels of red and gold garden candy. They have a starburst pattern on the blossom end when ripe. This small early producing tomato is also heat and drought tolerant.

History: Sweet and fruity, Isis Candy has become a consistent winner at cherry tomato tasting contests. It rivals the Sun Gold flavor as a best-of-show cherry.  Kids really like this rich and fruity candy treat.

Their name means "little beaks" and it's easy to see why. This diminutive and sharply-tapered variety of chili pepper is one of the stars of the Spanish table. Have you ever tried them?

These peppers are simultaneously sweet, spicy, and smoky thanks to some time spent over wood fires after harvesting. The slow-roasting also cooks away much of the water in the pepper, concentrating and intensifying the natural flavors. 

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 have home garden seeds available for you to grow them in your own garden.

For a delicious treat, make our Marinated Piquillo Peppers Recipe. 

A rare heirloom from Northern Spain with a real surprising and delicious flavor. The 3”-4” peppers ripen from olive-green to fre-red. They grow on productive 3’ tall open-pollinated plants. Capsicum annuum  (85) Days

Heat Level: Very Mild  Scoville 0-500

~ Packet contains 10 seeds. 

The Count Dracula pepper is a variety of Capsicum annuum, a type of ornamental pepper known for its dark foliage and fruit that ripens from black to blood-red. It is a medium-hot pepper with a Scoville rating ranging from about 5,000 to 30,000 units, depending on the source. 

Species: Capsicum annuum

Appearance: Features dark, almost black, foliage, stems, and purple flowers. The small, conical fruits are initially black and mature to a blood-red color.

Heat level: The heat can vary, but it is generally considered a medium-hot pepper, with ratings ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). This is hotter than a jalapeño, with some sources comparing it to a cayenne pepper.

Culinary use: It is edible and can be used in salsas and sauces, although its primary appeal is often its ornamental value.

Growing habits: It is a compact plant that grows well in containers and is suitable for home gardens.