In the kitchen
- Seasoning: Chop with garlic, onion and fresh herbs.
- Salsa: Add finely diced yellow pods for colour and aroma.
- Drying: Dry fully ripe pods thoroughly, then grind for seasoning.
Santa Lucia Yellow Seasoning Pepper Seeds
$5.00
Packet: 10+ seeds per packet
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Kitchen Pepper
Santa Lucia Yellow is a fragrant seasoning pepper for cooks who want fruity pepper flavour with gentle heat. Its yellow pods add aroma to chopped seasonings, fresh salsa and everyday rice or bean dishes.
CASA VERDE · HEAT PROFILE
Mild
- Sweet
- Mild — this variety
- Medium
- Hot
- Super hot
Scoville range awaiting confirmation.
Understanding the heat
A diamond marks the midpoint of a listed range, or the listed value when only one number is given. An arrow marks a stated limit. These are variety guides, not measurements of our seed lot. This guide uses unequal numerical bands: sweet 0; mild up to 10,000; medium 10,000–50,000; hot 50,000–800,000; super hot from 800,000 SHU (display capped at 3 million). Heat varies between fruits and with growing conditions.
No numeric marker is shown without a sufficiently clear range. For bundles, the highlighted categories refer to the different varieties.
A Scoville range has not been listed for this variety.
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Growing guides
Ships from Québec
- Packet
- 10+ seeds per packet
- Season
- 2027
Good for
CASA VERDE · GROWER’S NOTES
Get to know your pepper.
Santa Lucia Yellow is a fragrant seasoning pepper for cooks who want fruity pepper flavour with gentle heat. Its yellow pods add aroma to chopped seasonings, fresh salsa and everyday rice or bean dishes.
Seasoning, salsa and drying
10+ Seeds per Packet
Capsicum chinense
Mild
Aromatic seasoning
Why grow it?
Use it as part of the flavour base: mince a pod with garlic and herbs, then add it early in cooking. A small harvest can also be dried for a mellow, aromatic seasoning powder.
At a glance
Fruit: Small to medium yellow pods with a habanero-type shape
Plant: Branching warm-season pepper plants; support branches as pods develop
Best uses: Seasoning, salsa and drying
Growing in Canada
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before the last frost, allowing extra time for slower Capsicum chinense seedlings. Keep the seed-starting mix warm and evenly moist. Harden off gradually and transplant after frost when nights are reliably warm. Choose full sun, fertile soil and a sheltered site. In shorter seasons, containers make it easier to move plants into protection during cool weather.
Explore the kitchen garden
Pepper seeds Canada2027 pepper seeds catalogueIs Santa Lucia Yellow completely heatless?
Not reliably. It is a low-heat seasoning pepper; individual pods may range from little detectable heat to a gentle warmth. Taste a small piece first.
What is another name for this variety?
It is also sold as Trinidad Pimento Yellow. Keep the supplier name with your seed records to track the exact line.
Can I grow it in a pot?
Yes. Use a generous container with drainage, regular feeding and steady watering. Place it in the warmest sunny spot available.
Seed note
Heat varies between pods and growing conditions. The mild classification is a variety guide, not a guarantee of zero heat. This packet contains seeds, not fresh peppers or plants.
Cook your harvest
Use your harvest in these recipes. Check the variety notes and substitutions in each recipe.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Germinate at 26–30 °C on a heat mat; peppers stall below 22 °C. Pot up to 10–15 cm before hardening off outside after nights stay above 12 °C.
Feed balanced through bloom, then bump potassium for fruiting. Stake taller varieties. More detail in our full Canadian growing guide.
Match the pepper to the technique: thin-walled varieties blister fast in a hot pan; thick-walled ones roast or stuff beautifully; fruit-forward ones make balanced sauces and pickles. The variety's flavour profile is your shortcut — see Choosing the right pepper for a use-case guide.
