Peppers

Here are a couple novel recipes from classically trained, NY Times Bestseller chef Frank Giglio using two of our newer Johnny's-bred varieties.

This year we’ve expanded our line of hot peppers for a diversity of markets—from Anaheim to Cayenne, Fresno to Ghost, Habanero and Jalapeño, here is a compendium of 10 types that bring the heat, with notes on the Scoville Heat Unit scale, along with origin, growing, and culinary features.

Johnny's introduces two new AAS-winning Corno di Toro peppers, Escamillo & Cornito Giallo, classically bred by Janika Eckert.

A learning resource page for our webinar on Peppers: Mostly Sweet with a Touch of Heat. Johnny's pepper pros introduce our award-winning pepper breeding and trialing program, key distinguishing characteristics to look for, our assortment rationale, and a few faves.

Simply roast 'Baron' on the grill, stovetop, or in the oven until the skin blackens, remove skin by placing them in a paper bag for a few minutes, peel, and stuff. If you’re looking for a great, flat, grilling Poblano/Ancho pepper, give 'Baron' a try.

Year-round Nova Scotian gardener and author Niki Jabbour lends Johnny's home gardening community her expertise on how to grow a few varieties of peppers, from sowing to harvest.

Here is the full presentation of our Peppers: Mostly Sweet with a Touch of Heat webinar, followed by a Q&A session. The full video runs approximately 1 hour.

Our classical plant breeding program involves individually hand-pollinating generations of flowers over time, to develop new and improved varieties of peppers. We carefully select and trial on the basis of flavor, appearance, uniformity, disease resistance, and productivity under a range of growing conditions. Many of our JSS-Bred peppers have gone on to become award-winning grower favorites!

Join 4-season Nova Scotia gardener Niki Jabbour for a quick tutorial on growing peppers in containers. Here are her 7 Steps to Container Pepper Success...

Learn how to grow great pepper seedlings — starting peppers indoors, when to transplant and fertilize, recommended spacing, and more, from Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Learn about Johnny's 'Hungarian Hot Wax' stewardship project, to: 1) restore the best qualities of a long-cherished open-pollinated (OP) variety; 2) maintain a foundation stock of the improved strain; and 3) offer growers dependable seed, once and for all.

A walk through the restoration of a cherished, open-pollinated pepper variety. Learn how we recovered the 'Hungarian Hot Wax' ideotype for consistently high yields of uniform fruits with reliable flavor.