This Is Not a recommended list of peppers to grow in your home garden. It is a chart to base you pepper selection from.
How hot do you like your pepper? The sweet bell peppers at zero Scoville units to Naga Jolokia(Ghost Pepper) at over 1,000,000 Scoville units.
The substance that makes a chile{chili} pepper so hot is called Capsaicin. Pure Capsaicin rates between 15,000,000 and 16,000,000 Scoville Units!
|
Chile Pepper |
Heat Range |
| Sweet Bell | 0 |
| Sweet Banana | 0 |
| Pimento | 0 |
| Cherry | 00 ~ 500 |
| Pepperoncini | 100 ~ 500 |
| Sonora | 300 ~ 600 |
| El-Paso | 500 ~ 700 |
| Santa Fe Grande | 500 ~ 750 |
| NuMex R Naky | 500 ~ 1,000 |
| Coronado | 700 ~ 1,000 |
| TAM Mild Jalapeno | 1,000 ~ 1,500 |
| New Mexico 6-4 | 1,000 ~ 1,500 |
| Espanola | 1,000 ~ 2,000 |
| Poblano | 1,000 ~ 2,000 |
| Ancho | 1,000 ~ 2,000 |
| Mulato | 1,000 ~ 2,000 |
| Pasilla | 1,000 ~ 2,000 |
| Anaheim | 500 ~ 2,500 |
| Sandia | 500 ~ 2,500 |
| NuMex Big Jim | 1,500 ~ 2,500 |
| Rocotillo | 1,500 ~ 2,500 |
| Pulla | 700 ~ 3,000 |
| NuMex Joe E. Parker | 1,500 ~ 3,000 |
| Bulgarian Carrot | 2,000 ~ 5,000 |
| Mirasol | 2,500 ~ 5,000 |
| Guajillo | 2,500 ~ 5,000 |
| Jalapeno | 2,500 ~ 8,000 |
| Chipolte | 5,000 ~ 8,000 |
| Long Thick Cayenne | 6,000 ~ 8,500 |
| Hot Wax | 5,000 ~ 9,000 |
| Puya | 5,000 ~ 10,000 |
| Hidalgo | 6,000 ~ 17,000 |
| Aji Escabeche | 12,000 ~ 17,000 |
| Serrano | 8,000 ~ 22,000 |
| Manzano | 12,000 ~ 30,000 |
| Shipkas | 12,000 ~ 30,000 |
| NuMex Barker’s Hot | 15,000 ~ 30,000 |
| De Arbol | 15,000 ~ 30,000 |
| Jaloro | 30,000 ~ 50,000 |
| Aji | 30,000 ~ 50,000 |
| Tabasco | 30,000 ~ 50,000 |
| Cayenne | 30,000 ~ 50,000 |
| Santaka | 40,000 ~ 50,000 |
| Super Chile | 40,000 ~ 50,000 |
| Piquin | 40,000 ~ 58,000 |
| NuMex XX Hot | 60,000 ~ 70,000 |
| Yatsafusa | 50,000 ~ 75,000 |
| Red Amazon | 55,000 ~ 75,000 |
| Haimen | 70,000 ~ 80,000 |
| Chiltecpin | 60,000 ~ 85,000 |
| Thai | 50,000 ~ 100,000 |
| Merah | 85,000 ~ 100,000 |
| Tabiche | 85,000 ~ 115,000 |
| Bahamian | 95,000 ~ 110,000 |
| Carolina Cayenne | 100,000 ~ 125,000 |
| Kumataka | 125,000 ~ 150,000 |
| Bahamian | 125,000 ~ 300,000 |
| Jamaican Hot | 100,000 ~ 200,000 |
| Birds Eye | 100,000 ~ 225,000 |
| Tepin (Wild) | 100,000 ~ 265,000 |
| Datil | 1,000 ~ 300,000 |
| Devil Toung | 125,000 ~ 325,000 |
| Fatalii | 125,000 ~ 325,000 |
| Orange Habanero | 150,000 ~ 325,000 |
| Scotch Bonnet | 150,000 ~ 325,000 |
| TigrePaw-NR | 265,000 ~ 348,000 |
| Rocoto / Manzano | 225,000 ~ 350,000 |
| Caribbean Red | 120,000 ~ 400,000 |
| Choclate Habanero | 325,000 ~ 425,000 |
| Red Savina Habanero | 350,000 ~ 575,000 |
| Dorset Naga | 800,000 ~ 900,000 |
| Naga Jolokia “Ghost Pepper” | 800,000 ~ 1,041,000 |
| Pure Capsaicin | 15-16,000,000 |
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