AMSEED American Seed Intelligence Platform

Ornamental Pepper Varieties

Ornamental peppers: Grown primarily for appearance: dark foliage, multicolored ripening, or dense upright pods. Nearly all are edible, and most are hot enough to surprise someone who assumes otherwise.

VarietyBreedingHabitDaysFruitResistance
Hungarian Black heirloom - 60-75 purple-black -
Prairie Fire open-pollinated - 65-85 bicolor -
Sangria F1 hybrid - 65-85 bicolor -
Black Pearl F1 hybrid - 70-90 purple-black -
Chilly Chili F1 hybrid - 70-85 orange -
Medusa F1 hybrid - 70-85 orange -
Explosive Ember open-pollinated - 70-90 purple-black -
Purple Flash open-pollinated - 70-90 purple-black -
Aurora open-pollinated - 70-90 bicolor -
Chinese Five Color heirloom - 70-90 bicolor -
Fish Pepper heirloom - 75-85 red -
Thai Hot open-pollinated - 75-90 red -
NuMex Twilight open-pollinated - 75-90 purple-black -
NuMex Sunrise open-pollinated - 75-90 yellow -
NuMex Sunset open-pollinated - 75-90 orange -
NuMex Eclipse open-pollinated - 75-90 brown -
NuMex Centennial open-pollinated - 75-90 bicolor -
Bolivian Rainbow heirloom - 75-95 bicolor -
Ají Omnicolor heirloom - 90-120 bicolor -
NuMex Trick or Treat open-pollinated - 90-110 orange -
Peter Pepper heirloom - 90-120 red -