Soft, tropical, and beautifully vibrant, the Sunset Peach Scotch Bonnet is a rare pastel-toned variation of the classic Scotch Bonnet pepper. Pods ripen through creamy yellows, warm apricots, and soft peach shades, creating a sunset-like gradient that glows on the plant. The distinctive bonnet shape, paired with its warm fruit colors, makes this an exceptional ornamental and culinary chinense variety.
 
These seeds are authentic Sunset Peach Scotch Bonnet, harvested from verified, pesticide-free plants grown in small batches. Each seed is hand-cleaned and dried with care to preserve purity, genetic stability and excellent viability. This variety is admired for its stunning coloration, balanced heat, and traditional Scotch Bonnet flavor softened by a sweeter, fruitier profile.
 
Flavor Profile

Sunset Peach Scotch Bonnet offers the classic Caribbean chinense aroma with a noticeable tropical sweetness. Expect notes of mango, apricot, and bright citrus wrapped in a smooth, warm heat. The pastel ripening stage lends a gentle, almost creamy fruitiness before the heat builds, making it an excellent pepper for sauces, salsas, and fresh applications where flavor matters as much as fire.
 
How This Variety Was Developed

The Sunset Peach Scotch Bonnet was developed through selective breeding of bonnet-type chinense peppers that exhibited naturally occurring peach and apricot hues. Over multiple generations, growers stabilized the pastel coloration while maintaining the iconic bonnet shape, fruity depth, and productive plant habit.
 
A Note About Seed Count

Pastel Scotch Bonnet types often produce a limited number of fully mature seeds in each pod. Each packet contains five premium seeds, ideal for growers who enjoy collecting rare color variants. 
 
Growing Notes

Start seeds indoors 8 to 12 weeks before the last frost with steady warmth for germination. Transplant outdoors when nighttime temperatures stay above 55°F. Plants thrive in full sun and well-drained soil, producing heavy yields of warm peach-colored bonnets as the season progresses. Provide regular feeding and consistent moisture for the best color and flavor.
 
Height: 2 to 4 feet
Light: Full sun
Type: Annual in most climates; perennial in zones 9 to 13
Scoville units: 100,000 – 350,000 SHU
Seeds: Authentic, pesticide-free, small-batch grown
 
A beautifully soft, fruit-forward Scotch Bonnet with pastel coloration and exceptional culinary appeal, perfect for collectors seeking a unique, sunset-toned chinense variety.
Use garden gypsum to add calcium to the soil in addition to vegetable fertilizer. Gypsum adds essential calcium that is the key to success with peppers, without raising the pH. I use organic chicken manure based fertilizer. 
 
Do not plant peppers where you just previously planted tomatoes, eggplant or potatoes as this can make them more susceptible to disease as they are all from the same family. The pests that are attracted to these plants can remain in the soil for a while and build up and cause problems for future crops. They also use the same nutrients and can deplete the soil of what they need in particular if planted in the same spot. It’s always good as a general rule to add fresh soil and rotate all crops. 
 
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PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS:
 
Start the seeds in starter pots with a premium potting soil. Plant the seeds ¼ inch deep. Place in full sun. Keep soil moist but not wet. Seeds will sprout in 1-2 weeks. Once the seeds have sprouted, continue to keep soil moist but not wet and plant them where desired. Keep in full sun. 
In colder climates, you can plant them in the ground and grow them as an annual or bring them indoors in winter or greenhouse kept. In warmer climates that do not freeze, you can grow these year round and they will live for several years. If you are right on the cusp and do get freezes of short duration, you can mulch heavily around the plants and cover the plants with fabric specifically designed for plants. 
 
Use premium potting soil when re-potting or garden soil if planting in the ground. Fertilize with a vegetable fertilizer.  One of the most important things you can do to ensure success of any pepper plants is to provide them with a source of calcium. This will not only yield larger healthier plants and peppers but will also provide disease resistance. You can use spent eggshells, but keep in mind that they take a while to break down. You can also use garden gypsum which is what I prefer because it provides calcium without affecting the ph of the soil since peppers prefer slightly acidic soil and other types of calcium will raise the ph.  I use Espoma Organic Garden Gypsum. You can find it on Amazon or other retailers. It’s a little pricey but it will last you forever and you can use it on all peppers, sweet or hot as well as tomatoes.  
 
Never plant peppers where you have had tomatoes, eggplant, or potatoes planted in the last 3 years. All of these plants are in the nightshade family and are susceptible to the same diseases and have similar nutritional requirements. Planting them in the same area can expose them to disease that can slowly build up in the soil as well as leach the area of nutrients that these plants specifically draw from the soil which may leave new plants of the same species lacking what they need. It’s always good to rotate all crops as a general rule.