This early-fruiting sweet pepper is an attractive blocky pepper with large,thick-walled, square-shaped fruits. They start off green and turn fiery red and are high yielding. They are suitable for growing in a greenhouse or in a sheltered position outside. ... Learn More

This rare old Indian variety, which unfortunately produces very few seeds indeed, was named the world's hottest chilli pepper in 2007. With a rough, dented skin in vibrant shades of orange and red this pepper is perfect for making pickles and adding spice to oriental dishes and is also known for its medicinal value for stomach ailments. ... Learn More

With a great fruity tang, and it's not too hot, this rare little beauty originates from South America. It is named from its winged shape resembling the flaps on a Bishop's Crown, which are milder and fruitier than the main medium heat part of the chilli (5,000-15,000 SHU). Ripening from light green to apple red, this beautiful ornamental variety crops and ripens later than the majority of other chillies, hence its nickname ‘Christmas Bell’. ... Learn More

This early fruiting (in UK conditions) hot pepper produces 30-50 distinctive fang-like fruits. The "fangs" are about 6cm long and change colour from dark green to purple to red but can be harvested at the dark purple stage. The flavour is like a cayenne pepper and can be chopped for cooking or dehydrated and ground into chili powder. It has a score of 71,500 Schoville units so is hot but not extreme. ... Learn More

A most attractive, rare and ornamental heavy cropping pepper with lovely purple flowers, producing delicious flavoured, ornamental black fruit which resemble mussels, and which ripen to red. (75 days from transplanting. Heat-3) ... Learn More

A very, very high yielding, dwarf heirloom plant absolutely dripping with big clusters of small, crunchy fruits that look just like carrots but have a spicy, fiery bite! Perfect for containers or greenhouse. (75 days from transplanting. Heat-4) ... Learn More

One of the world's hottest peppers, this one must be eaten or even handled with care, measuring from 50,000 to 250,000 on the Scoville scale. Whilst the heat is intense, it is not very enduring, and referring to this, in Mexico, the heat of the Chiltepin is called arrebatado meaning rapid or violent. As it ripens it progresses from green through black, and finally to red, and is sometimes called the "mother of all peppers" because it is believed to be the oldest form of Capsicum annuum. ... Learn More

This early Dulce Italiano type hybrid pepper produces sweet and juicy red fruits which are 15 to 20 cm long when fully grown. This type is particularly suited for growing in pots or in grow bags and should reliably give you heavy crops of fruit. ... Learn More

These plants with distinctive variegated creamy white and green leaves, grow barely 2 feet tall making them ideal to grow in containers. The short, pointed pendant, spicy fruits, which mature a deep red colour, become mellower when cooked or they can be dried to make chilli powder. ... Learn More

An attractive medium-hot pepper from the Republic of Georgia. The plants grow to 24 inches tall and produce heavy crops of long thin peppers up to 8 inches in length which resemble tongues of fire. Excellent for use in salsas. ... Learn More

Habanero peppers first originated in Amazonia Brazil before spreading north into Mexico and the Caribbean, where they are used in local dishes and sauces today. The fruits mature from green to their final chocolate brown colour at maturity and are typically 3-5cm long. The fruit walls are quite thin and have a fruity/citrus almost aromatic flavour although devilishly hot, with up to 350,000 SHU (Scoville units. ... Learn More

Habanero peppers first originated in Amazonia Brazil before spreading north into Mexico and the Caribbean, where they are used in local dishes and sauces today. The fruits mature from green to their final orange colour at maturity and are typically 3-5cm long. The fruit walls are quite thin and have a fruity/citrus almost aromatic flavour although devilishly hot, with up to 350,000 SHU (Scoville units). ... Learn More

Habanero peppers first originated in Amazonia Brazil before spreading north into Mexico and the Caribbean, where they are used in local dishes and sauces today. The fruits mature from green to their final bright red colour at maturity and are typically 3-5cm long. The fruit walls are quite thin and have a fruity/citrus almost aromatic flavour although devilishly hot, with up to 350,000 SHU (Scoville units). ... Learn More

An early variety of sweet pepper, Healthy was developed in the early 1990's in Russia. The wedge shaped fruit are about 10 centimetres long and ripen from yellow through orange to red even during cloudy summers. ... Learn More

This variety of pepper was originally from Basilicata, a southern region of Italy and takes its name from seed saver Jimmy Nardello, who carried the seeds from Italy while immigrating to Connecticut in 1887. It is still registered as "endangered" on Slow Food USA's Ark of Tastes. This sweet pepper, which matures in 80-90 days from transplanting, produces 10"-12" fruits which are sweet and light when eaten raw, and considered one of the very best frying peppers, as its fruity raw flavour becomes perfectly creamy and soft when fried. ... Learn More