Pepper Ornamental Seeds
Add color and fiery character to your garden with ornamental pepper seeds from David's Garden Seeds®. This collection features Tabasco, grown for small upright peppers that ripen from creamy yellow through orange to bright red. Fruit at different stages can create a colorful display among the green leaves.
Why Grow Ornamental Tabasco Peppers?
- Changing colors: Enjoy peppers in several ripening shades on a fruiting plant.
- Distinctive upright fruit: Small, upward-pointing peppers give Tabasco its recognizable appearance.
- Garden or container interest: Grow in a sunny bed or a suitably large container with good drainage. Allow room for a substantial plant rather than assuming every ornamental pepper stays miniature.
- Hot-pepper harvests: Tabasco fruit can be used in cooking, but its heat deserves care. Ornamental appearance does not mean mild flavor.
Planting Tips for Success
- Start indoors with warmth: Sow ahead of your local transplanting season and follow the product's germination directions. Provide steady warmth and good light for developing seedlings.
- Wait for warm weather: Harden plants gradually and transplant after frost danger has passed and conditions are consistently warm.
- Choose full sun: Use fertile, well-drained soil and adequate spacing for airflow and harvesting.
- Water consistently: Maintain even moisture without waterlogging. Containers may need more frequent checks during hot weather.
- Feed thoughtfully: Follow soil-test recommendations and fertilizer directions. Excess nitrogen can favor foliage over fruit.
- Support as needed: Stake plants if branches become heavily loaded or exposed to wind.
- Plan for frost: Grow as a warm-season crop in frost-prone areas. Overwintering requires suitable protection and conditions and is not guaranteed.
Display and Handle with Care
Position ornamental hot peppers where children and pets cannot pick or eat the fruit. Wear gloves when cutting or processing peppers, avoid touching your eyes and face, and wash hands and tools thoroughly. Pepper heat varies with the fruit and growing conditions.
Ways to Use Your Harvest
- Garden color: Enjoy the changing fruit colors in sunny beds and container displays.
- Fresh heat: Add a small amount of harvested fruit to suitable cooked dishes, adjusting carefully to taste.
- Homemade sauces: Use a reliable recipe for fresh or refrigerated sauce. Follow a tested preservation recipe if canning for shelf-stable storage.
Cooking suggestions refer only to the peppers you grow and harvest, not planting seeds. Do not eat plants or fruit treated with products not labeled for edible crops.
Pepper Heat Reference Charts
These charts compare many pepper types, including varieties outside this collection. Scoville values are illustrative references, not tested guarantees for your harvest. The first two show the same detailed scale in different layouts; the third groups heat into broad categories.
Scoville Hot Peppers Scale
Detailed Pepper Heat Chart
Pepper Heat Categories
Why Choose David's Garden Seeds®?
- Veteran-Owned: Supplying premium seeds since 2009.
- GO TEXAN Certified: Supporting local agriculture and communities.
- Integrity Pledge: David's Garden Seeds has taken the Seed Integrity Pledge.
- Vegetable Seed License: David's Garden Seeds has been granted a Vegetable Seed License for the State of Texas.
Order Ornamental Pepper Seeds Today
Grow a colorful Tabasco pepper display with a harvest full of heat.
See the product below for current availability, seed count and individual growing instructions. Plant size, fruit production and ripening vary with growing conditions.
Grow something beautiful. Grow something delicious. Grow with David's Garden Seeds®.
