Cal Poly's Pepperzania plant sale, with 130 pepper plant varieties, opens on Saturday

Cal Poly Pomona’s annual Pepperzania sale, featuring more than 130 varieties of pepper plants, begins Saturday at the Cal Poly Pomona Farm Store, 4102 S. University Drive, Pomona.

Pepper plants available include multiple varieties of serrano, jalapeño, hatch, poblano/mole, bell, sweet, specialty, Peruvian and

Asian peppers, according to a news release.

The sale will include classics such as orange sun bells, El Jefe jalapeños and shishito as well as some uncommon varieties such as aji chaparita (Peru), tepin, wiri wiri (Guayana) and purple serrano peppers. Asian peppers include basket of fire, cayenne golden, Chinese five color, dragon roll and Thai hot.

All plants are grown by Cal Poly Pomona students majoring in plant sciences, and proceeds will benefit the plant sciences program and the students, according to the news release,

On the sale’s opening weekend, Saturday-sunday, there will be a 10% discount on pepper plants priced at $5.49 and $6.49, with the discount taken at the register.

In addition to the peppers, the nursery also will have an array of spring plants to jump start the home garden, including tomatoes, herbs, zucchini, squash, cucumbers, beans, lettuce, strawberries, dragon fruit and more.