Packet: Minimum 15 seeds.

Seed orders have a 3-packet minimum. Mix and match varieties, or choose more than one packet of a favorite.

Datil is a sweet-flavored pepper with serious heat. Use it fresh in salads or sauces, make hot sauce, or dry the peppers for chili powder when you want a strong kick.

This yellow Datil is associated with St. Augustine, Florida, where it has been grown since the 1820s. Compact plants suit a garden or container and produce 3-inch pods that turn from green to yellow-orange at maturity.

• Plant height: about 2–3 feet

• Pod length: about 3 inches

• Heat: 100,000–300,000 Scoville heat units, comparable to habanero, Fatalii, or Scotch bonnet peppers

• Flavor: sweet beneath the heat