Pepper plants for 2021

We grow all different type of peppers from sweet, hot, purple, jalapeno, ancho, ornamental and more. So if you want to grow fresh peppers for your garden, come visit our greenhouse. Peppers are also great to grow in pots, so if you have limited area, you can still grow a pepper in a confined space or deck. Just plant in a sunny and warm area.

Peppers

Pepperoncini Golden Greek (New for 2020)
  Maturing from green to yellow and then finally to red, Pepperoncini Golden Greek Peppers are best harvested in their ‘golden’ stage when they are their sweetest, yetwith a mild kick. Most gardeners grow this pepper to pickle and use in Greek salads

Orange You Sweet(New for 2020)
  Orange You Sweet’s medium height plants produce continuous sets of flat round, 2-1/2 to 3″ wide x 1-1/2″ tall, sweet peppers that are smooth and thick walled. These sweet peppers are ideal for stuffing or pickling. Peppers turn from dark green to deep orange

Red Cherry Large Hot (New for 2020)
  Large Red Cherry hot peppers produce large numbers of smooth, dark green to cherry red fruit. Fruit measures 1-1/2″ to 2″ across and are hot.

Early Summer(New for 2020)
  Expect a multitude of crisp, extra-large green fruits that mature to yellow to develop on this disease resistant plant. The mild sweet flavor of yellow bell peppers is delicious fresh or cooked and they provide an excellent source of vitamin C!

Anaheim Chili
  A mildly hot very flavorful pepper that is great for roasting, stuffing, or frying is Anaheim Chili. The peppers turn from green to red, and produce very large 5″-8″ chili peppers.

California Wonder
  The standard bell pepper for many decades, this 1928 introduction is still the largest open-pollinated, heirloom bell you can grow. A perfect stuffing pepper-blocky 4″ x 3 1/2″, thick-walled, tender and flavorful.

Cayenne Large Thick
  A very hot Cayenne type pepper that have medium thick walls. Cayenne are great for sauces or drying, if you like a nice hot pepper.

Cubanelle
  A sweet mild pepper that turns from yellow-green to red, Cubanelle is very popular in Spanish and Italian dishes. With it’s thin walls, frying and cooking is very quick and the flavor is appealing.

Early Sunsation
  A great early pepper, Early Sunsation produces large, smooth fruit that mature from dark green to bright golden-yellow at full maturity. The blocky fruit have thick walls and a sweet taste when allowed to ripen to yellow.

Giant Marconi
  A heavy producer of beautiful, long (8″) very sweet peppers with excellent flavor that only intensifies when allowed to mature to red. Giant Marconi are great grilled, roasted or fried and is one of our best sellers.

Glow
  Tapered, thick-walled, 2-3 lobed fruits are 4-5″ long and are deliciously sweet and fruity. Medium-size plants yield well. Early and easy to grow.

Gypsy
  If your looking for a sweet pepper to put in a salad or a great frying pepper, then look no further than Gypsy. Gypsy are thin skinned and have a very sweet taste.

Habanero
  A small plant and a small orange pepper hide an extremely hot pepper. If you can handle the heat, then you will enjoy the delicious pungent and smoky flavor that makes Habanero peppers an excellent choice for sauces or very hot salsa.

Hungarian Wax
  A heirloom variety that has stood the test of time, Hungarian Hot Wax are a hot banana pepper. Hungarian Wax are medium to very hot, that start yellow and turn red. Great for pickling, canning or stuffing

Inferno
  A much improved version of a Hot Banana pepper that are 8″ long, with a hot heat, and medium-thick flesh. Inferno are not as hot as they sound, and are amazing producers of beautiful, large Hungarian hot wax type peppers.

Jalapeno
  Dark green, with a nice heat, Jalapeno’s are synonymous with Mexican dishes. Fruits are approximately 3″ go great cut up on Nacho’s and are approximately 2500-10,000 Scoville units.

Joe’s Pepper
  An extra large hot flavorful wax pepper brought over from Europe. A customer of Schweikert Greenhouse, named Joe, had a friend in the steel mill that brought the seeds for a very large hot banana pepper over from Europe in the 1950s. For 20+ years Joe would bring his pepper seeds, and we would start them and trade for plants. Joe’s pepper quickly became a popular pepper at our greenhouse. Joe passed away in April of 2004, but his son keep the tradition alive until his passing in September 2008. Joe’s granddaughter has assumed the torch and every year saves her grandfathers seeds, so we can start them again.

Keystone Giant
  If your looking for a big stuffing pepper, then Keystone Giant is your pepper. Keystone Giant has thick walls and 4.5″ peppers and a good producer.

Lady Bell
  A sweet bell pepper with medium thick walls that really produces. Lady Bell is a great bell pepper for stuffing and are approximately 4″ x 3.5″ that turn from green to red.

Medusa Pepper
  Narrow, twisted, snake-like peppers named for Medusa’s mythological hair! Compact, well-branched plants produce huge yields of 2 to 2 1/2″ pointed peppers held prominently upright over dark green foliage. Plants, 6 to 8″ typically display 40 to 50 mildly pungent fruits at the same time, covering a wide color spectrum ranging from ivory to yellow, orange and bright red.

Poblano
  Poblano or Ancho chili when dried is a very popular hot pepper grown in Mexico. For maximum heat wait for green peppers to fully ripen to red before picking that 4″ heart shaped fruit.


Red Knight
  Get a jump on the season with a large, early, green-to-red pepper. Big, blocky, thick-walled bell pepper turns red early. Fruity and sweet.

Serrano Sureno
  Sureño Serrano pepper seeds are hybrid serrano chile peppers bred for compactness and productivity. Small, bushy plants are highly productive with large, straight, firm-bodied, bright green fruits. Serrano chiles are about twice as hot as Jalapenos, and are the chile of choice in South Asian cuisine.

Shishito
  Shishito are a great frying that has a rich flavor and are mild. The thin walls make a nice char when roasted or grilled and the plant is a heavy producer of peppers.

Super Chili
  A small plant with small 2.5″ very hot peppers make Super Chili’s a fun plant to grow. Easily grow in a pot on your porch or in the ground that Super Chili’s not only look great, but they taste great.

Sweet Banana
  A sweet banana shaped pepper that is a very prolific producer. Excellent for frying, picking, or pepper rings when you want that pepper taste without the heat.

Andy

We are a family owned greenhouse in Economy Borough, which is about 8 minutes from Cranberry, 15 minutes from Wexford, and about 25 minutes from Sewickley or Beaver. We have a wide variety of flowers, hanging baskets, perennials, herbs, vegetable plants, succulents, and much more.

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