Pepper, Hot

Serrano

Capsicum annuum

About Serrano

80–85 days. Long, thin green fruits. 10,000–23,000 SHU.

About Pepper, Hot

Many shapes. Degrees of heat are measured in Scoville heat units (SHU).

Pot Size & Price

3.5-in. pot

$2.50

Sunlight Exposure

Full Sun

Catalog

V142

Plant Traits

Cold Sensitive

Culinary

Medicinal

Other varieties of Pepper, Hot

Anaheim peppers, long green shapes — Photo from Green Earth Growers

Anaheim

Anaheim pepper, Numex Joe Parker, long red and shiny — Photo courtesy of Urban Vegetable Gardener, used by permission.

Anaheim, NuMex Joe E Parker

Brazilian Starfish peppers, red, flattened, bumpy shapes — Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Brazilian Starfish

Carolina Reaper hot peppers, bright red, wrinkly, and dangerous-looking — Photo by Dale Thurber from the Wikimedia Commons

Carolina Reaper

Long Purple Cayenne peppers — Photo from Green Earth Growers

Cayenne, Long Purple

Thin shiny red peppers, cayenne — Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Cayenne, Red

Chimayo peppers, some red, some green, shiny — Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Chimayo

Dragon's Toe hot peppers, light green to red peppers in a bowl — Photo from Johnny's Selected Seeds

Dragon's Toe

Fatalii peppers, orange flattened peppers — Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Fatalii

Fish pepper, green yellow, red and dark purple small peppers — Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Fish Pepper

Hot Pepper Flaming Flare, bright red peppers — Photo from All American Selections

Flaming Flare

Hot Pepper Georgia Flame, narrow shiny red peppers — Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Georgia Flame

Chocolate Ghost pepper, shiny, almost brown dark wrinkled peppers — Photo by Sven Jansen from the Wikimedia Commons

Ghost Chocolate

Habanero pepper, chocolate — Photo from Green Earth Growers

Habanero, Chocolate

Habanada pepper, orange pointed shiny wrinkly peppers — Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Habanero, Habanada

Capsicum Numex Suave Orange, gold-orange irregular shape — Photo from Johnny's Selected Seeds

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Orange habanero peppers — Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Habanero, Orange

Hot Peppe Havasu, short peppers in yellow to orange to red — Photo from Johnny's Selected Seeds

Havasu

Pepper 'Hot Banana', long yellow-green peppers some turning to red — Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Hungarian Wax

Red jalapenos on a pepper bush — Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Jalapeno, 4 pack

Red jalapenos on a pepper bush — Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Jalapeno, organic

Pepper Jalapeño Sweet Poppers, short green peppers — Photo from Ball Horticulture

Jalapeno, Sweet Poppers

Pepper 'Korean Dark Green', long green or red peppers — Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Korean Dark Green

Medusa pepper showing red, green and yellow narrow fruits at once — Photo by Atilin from the Wikimedia Commons

Medusa

Mixed hot peppers

Mixed Hot Peppers

Pasilla Holy Mole pepper, very dark green almost black, long thing peppers — Photo from Park Seed

Pasilla, Holy Mole

Poblano pepper, medium length, very dark green — Photo from Johnny's Selected Seeds

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Satan's Kiss pepper, very small red cherry peppers — Photo from Pepper Seeds EU

Satan's Kiss

Green elongated shishito peppers — Photo from The Food Librarian

Shishito

Small red chili peppers Super Chilis — Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Super Chili

Capsicum Sweet Heat, red fairly wide peppers — Photo from Pan American Seeds

Sweet Heat

Thai Hot peppers growing on a bushy plant — Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Thai Dragon

Thai Yellow chili pepper, shiny, narrow — Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Thai Yellow Chili

Hot Pepper Wenk's Yellow, short hot peppers in light green, yellow, orange and red — Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

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