Tabasco Hot Pepper

• Fruit size: 1½ to 2 inches
• Matures: 80 days
• Scoville heat units: 30,000 to 50,000 (hot)

This hot pepper is used to make the famous Tabasco® Sauce. Peppers mature from yellow-green to orange to red and have a unique, smoky flavor that contributes to Tabasco's distinctive taste. While adapted to all areas of the US, plants produce continuously and will therefore produce the most peppers in the South and Southwest, where the growing season is longest. In frost-free areas, plants can live for several years. In the garden, space transplants about 18 inches apart in rows 30 inches apart. Easy to grow, the compact Tabasco is also a good choice for containers.

Some Bonnie Plants varieties may not be available at your local stores, as we select and sell varieties best suited to the growing conditions in each region.