Hot Pepper Varieties 2026

These are the peppers that I am planning on growing and selling in 2026.

Non-hot Jalapeno	Perfect for stuffing, no heat	0
Aji Dulce Long Red	Non-hot red fruit, habanero flavor	0-500
Sweet Bonnet	Mild heat, smokey flavor	0
Shishito	Slender yellow/green fruit	100
Paprika (Kapia)	8” long red peppers. Plants: 3-4’, Hungary. Grows good in pots.	0-500
Pimento	Red flat fruit, good pickling pepper	100-500
Pepperoncini	Lime green, 3-6” long fruit. Italy	100-500
Padron	1 in 20 is hot, green, 2” long. Spanish heirloom	500-2500
Anaheim	Mild Chile pepper. Green 6-8” fruit.	500-2500
Poblano/Ancho	Good for stuffing. 6” long, green. Mexico.	1000-2500
Jalapeno	3” long green fruit. Mexico	2500
Chipotle	3” red, smoke and dry. Mexico	2500
Cherry Bomb	Golf ball sized red peppers	2,500-5,000
Blazing Banana	Yellow long fruit	3,000-6,000
Lemon Jalapeno	Yellow, fruity flavor. USA	2,500-8,000
Hungarian Hot Wax	Yellow/Red. 6” long, prolific. Hungary.	5,000-10,000
Fresno Supreme	Red fat conical shape fruit.	5,000-10,000
Fish	Striped (multi-colored). 2” long, Caribbean, prolific.	5,000-17,500
Inca Red Drop	Small medium pods. Sweet and heat	15,000-30,000
Bishop Crown	1.5-2” long, red fruit. Barbados. Sweet and heat.	5000-30,000
Serrano	Prolific, green, 3” long. Mexico	10,000-23,000
Brazilian Starfish	1-1.5” diameter, red fruit. Brazil.	15,000-20,000
Aji Amarillo	4” long, orange fruit. Fruity. Peru	20,000-50,000
Cayenne	Bright red fruit	30,000-50,000
Lemon Drop	Citrusy flavor, slender yellow fruit. Peru	30,000-50,000
Tabasco	2” long, ripen red. Mexico	30,000-50,000
Aji Cristal	4” long, orange fruit, citrusy, Chile	30,000-50,000
Thai Chile	Small red peppers	50,000-100,000
Sugar Rush Peach	Citrusy and sweet. UK. Aji Pepper	50,000-150,000
Datil	Yellow fruit, sweet and heat	100,00-300,000
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet	Green/yellow. Caribbean	100,000-300,000
Hot Paper Lantern Habanero	Earlier and more productive than regular habaneros. Red fruit. 90 days to red fruit. Peru	150,000-400,000
Habanero	Orange fruit- 87 days to orange fruit	150,000-300,000
Chocolate Habanero	Chocolate colored 3” fruit. Sweet, rich, smoky flavor. Jamaica.	300,000-577,000
Savina Habanero	Fruity flavor, 2” red pods, USA	250,000-577,000
Caribbean Red	2” red fruit.	400,000
Fatalii Peach	Sweet and heat. Africa	125,000-400,000
Wicked Ghost	2.5” red pods, USA	800,000
Ghost/Bhut Jolokia	3” red fruit, India	800,000-1 mil
Ghost peach X Ghost white	White to peach long pods	1.2 mil
Kraken Scorpion	SUPER HOT, 3-4” long, yellow, USA, smoky and earthy flavor	1.2-1.3 million
Trinidad Scorpion	SUPER HOT, 3” fruit, red fruit	1.2-1.5 million
APOCALYPSE SCORPION	Sweet, hot, and fruity. 3” red fruit, Italy	1.4 million
7-Pot Brown Long	SUPER HOT, 2-3” long, Trinidad	1-1.5 million
Death Spiral	SUPER HOT, 3” red fruit, UK	1.3-1.4 million
Carolina Reaper	SUPER HOT, red, Plants get tall. Hottest chili pepper in 2013. USA	1.5-2.2 million
Dragons Breath	Red pods. Large plants. UK.	1.5 + million 2.48 million
Pepper X	Seeds not available to the public	2,693,000
US Grade Pepper Spray		2.2-5.3 million

Decorative Peppers

Jigsaw	Fruit: purple, green, and red. Multi colored leaves.	30,000
Bolivian Rainbow	Fruit: purple, yellow, orange, and red. 1” fruit.	30,000
Black Olive	Dark purple foliage and have small black to red peppers.	45000