Bird Pepper Seeds

Bird Pepper (Capsicum annuum) is a classic heirloom hot pepper known for its small, upright fruits, fiery heat, and exceptional productivity. Often called Bird's Eye Pepper, this vigorous variety produces hundreds of slender peppers that ripen from green to brilliant red. Compact plants are easy to grow and make an attractive addition to both vegetable gardens and containers.

Why Grow Bird Pepper?
Classic heirloom hot pepper. Produces hundreds of small, upright peppers. Compact, highly productive plants. Excellent for fresh use, drying, and homemade hot sauces. Ideal for gardens and containers.

Flavor, Heat & Culinary Uses
Heat Level: Hot (50,000–100,000 SHU)
Bright, clean pepper flavor with an intense, lingering heat. Excellent for hot sauces, vinegar infusions, salsas, stir-fries, soups, chili, and drying into pepper flakes or powder. A little adds plenty of heat to any recipe.

Growing Information
Easy to grow in fertile, well-drained soil with full sun. Compact plants produce continuously throughout the summer until frost. Harvest peppers green for a sharper flavor or allow them to mature to bright red for maximum heat and color.

Seedman Notes
Bird Pepper is one of those varieties that seems to produce nonstop once it gets started. The compact plants become covered with colorful upright peppers, making them as ornamental as they are productive. If you enjoy making your own hot sauces or dried pepper flakes, this is an excellent variety to grow.

Quick Facts: Capsicum annuum • 80–90 Days • Hot (50,000–100,000 SHU) • 18–30" Plants • 1–2" Upright Fruits • Green to Bright Red • Best for Hot Sauces, Drying & Pepper Flakes