Packet: 100 seeds.

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

Serrano peppers add more heat than jalapenos to salsa, hot sauce, and everyday cooking. The slim, cylindrical fruit grows about 2–3 inches long and ripens from green to bright red.

• Start seeds indoors 8–10 weeks before the last frost.

• Transplant after soil temperatures have warmed.

• Grow in full sun and well-draining soil.

A traditional Mexican pepper that produces harvests through the growing season.