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Key Largo Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Key Largo Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

The Key Largo pepper is a banana pepper variety recommended by Clemson Cooperative Extension for home gardens.

Vanguard Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Vanguard Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Vanguard is a bell pepper cultivar, one of the varieties named on Clemson Cooperative Extension’s recommended list for home gardens.

California Wonder Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

California Wonder Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

California Wonder is one of the pepper cultivars covered by university extension trial lists, and the direct answer for anyone planting it is this: no…

Biscayne Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Biscayne Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

The Biscayne pepper is a banana pepper type, recommended by Clemson Cooperative Extension for home gardens.

Purple Flash Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Purple Flash Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Purple Flash pepper is grown as much for its foliage as for its fruit: near-black leaves splashed with purple and white, topped with tiny, very hot black…

Buena Mulata Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Buena Mulata Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

The Buena Mulata pepper is an edible cultivar noted by NC State Extension mainly for its color-shifting fruit, not for a known heat level or maturity date.

Calico Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Calico Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Clemson Cooperative Extension sorts recommended peppers into clear groups: bell, banana, jalapeño, habanero, cayenne, and other hot peppers.

Carolina Reaper Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Carolina Reaper Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

The short answer: there’s no published days-to-maturity for the Carolina Reaper, so “when to plant” comes down to soil temperature, not a calendar date…

Fooled You Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Fooled You Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Fooled You is a jalapeño-type pepper on Clemson Cooperative Extension’s list of recommended garden varieties.

Capistrano Pepper: How Hot It Gets, and What to Do With It

Capistrano Pepper: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Capistrano is a bell pepper, plain and simple. Clemson Cooperative Extension includes it on its list of recommended cultivars for home gardens, which…

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