Habanero Pepper Seeds – Chocolate

Grow a rich-colored, high-heat pepper variety with Chocolate Habanero Pepper Seeds, known for its deep brown pods, aromatic flavor, and productive warm-season growth. This distinctive habanero type forms glossy, lantern-shaped peppers that mature from green to a dark chocolate brown, adding unique color to your home garden.

Chocolate habanero plants thrive in full sun and well-drained soil, producing reliable yields throughout the summer. Ideal for raised beds, vegetable patches, and container gardens, this variety is well-suited for experienced growers and pepper enthusiasts who appreciate strong, bold heat levels.

Features

• Produces dark chocolate-brown habanero peppers

• Popular high-heat pepper variety

• Vigorous plants ideal for warm-season gardens

• Suitable for containers, raised beds, and in-ground planting

• Attractive, distinctive fruit color with steady productivity

Specifications

• Common Name: Habanero Pepper

• Botanical Name: Capsicum chinense

• Color: Green turning chocolate brown at maturity

• Plant Type: Warm-season annual

• Planting Season: Spring

  • Zones 3–4: Start indoors February–March; transplant May–June

  • Zones 5–6: Start indoors February–March; transplant April–May

  • Zones 7–8: Start indoors January–February; transplant March–April

  • Zones 9–10: Direct sow or transplant February–March

• Growing Zones: Suitable for Zones 3–10 (grown as annual)

• Sunlight: Full sun (6–8 hours or more)

• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, fertile soil

• Germination Time: 14–28 days

• Days to Maturity: 90–110 days

• Plant Height: 24–36 inches

• Growth Habit: Compact, branching annual plant