Tabasco Hot Pepper Seeds | Fresh Garden Seeds 40+ Seeds per pack 75-90 days to mature. Tabasco Hot Pepper Seeds. Capsicum frutescens. Non-GMO. Heirloom. Named after the southern Mexican state near Guatemala and Belize, Tabasco hot pepper seeds are native to Central America, yet has since naturalized throughout many parts of the world. Despite being a thin, slight cultivar of bush pepper, Tabasco registers at 30,000-50,000 SHU and has served as the basis for New Orleans’ world-famous Tabasco pepper sauce.