Aleppo if you can get some.

I have one, it looks like someone blowtorched it when it was 117 the other day. It is trying to grow blooms now so it will be fine. It is a pretty large plant so I should get some good production from it. I'm looking forward to tasting the peppers from it.

Anything similar to it that I should plant? I'm trying the Malih-Helow since it is supposed to rival the Aleppo.

Yellow Fatalii. Citrusy aroma/flavor, then an IMMEDIATE punch in the tongue. Awesome pepper. Makes great sauce too.

Sounds tasty until the superhot thing--is there a seasoning version? We're wimps. Medium-hot/hot is our speed. Right now I'm searching for a non-superhot strain but let me know if you know one off-hand.

I've noticed that chinense don't like my climate as much, that they're not as temperature hardy the way annums are for me. All of my chinense are currently very unhappy and so I'm going to dry denser shade this planting to see if it works better.

My yellow fatalis have stopped production, but red bhuts and red Habs are still putting on. Try a tepin or pequin. They don't sunburn and are about 50k Scoville. They ought be perennial in your corner of hell...

Fataliis aren't superhots. I've seen them listed ranging from 125,000-400,000 Scovilles, but they are a Chinense. It's just how immediate the heat is that blows my mind. Very, very tasty too. I'm pretty sure these will be a staple in my garden for years to come

Mike,

They smell the same as Ghosts in the dehydrator. They don't run people outta the kitchen when making cooked sauce like ghosts do.

There's native wild tepins here, I should contact Native Seed/SEARCH for some. I could probably make a hedge of them in part of my yard...this is a very useful suggestion...pepper hedge. The "pepper preserve" isn't very far for a fun Saturday. I should totally look into this! Thanks for the idea.

Maybe I'll pick up a fatalli just to try it. Worst case, it has a heat stroke or I have to pawn off the peppers on friends and coworkers.

CCN has a bunch of tepins native to my area, I think I'll order a few next year and try to make a hedge. Sounds easier than trying to germinate them. I have no idea why I didn't think to landscape with them before. I have some really good spots and I'd rather have chiles than what I've got there now, like rip out the always-sad roses and have chiles. They'd be much more ornamental. Seriously, thanks for the idea to plant native peppers. I'll be doing this.

For reference, that's what heat damage looks like. That is not bugs or fertilizer burn. My Aleppo pepper was not excited about Excessive Heat Warnings for a week. Don't worry, it will recover.

So, I have to be conscious of the hardiness of my plants, but not in the usual way. Thanks guys for your suggestions!

Pequins and Tepins have much smaller leaves than other varieties, so there less moisture loss. Need to be watered the first year until they establish. They do best with afternoon shade, or dappled shade like in a Mesquite grove. About 30" on centers will make it pretty dense...

I have had good luck with a tepin in a pot this year. The pequin I had is no more. For a suggestion pepper I like chierro recife. They have handled the heat here well, and heat level is not too high. I would say it between jalapeno and Serrano, with a flavor that is its own.