Choice, and very rarely offered, this gem is a favourite for ornamental landscaping as well as eating. A stunning plant, it has purple blooms, dark purple to onyx black foliage and tiny fruit. Unripe black and purple chilies tend to be milder than the ripe crimson red ones (ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 SHU). ... Learn More

Small bell peppers ranging in size from 1 to 2 inches long. The fruit are thick skinned with a distinctive bright orange colour and are sweet to the taste. These plants produce a heavy crop of fruit. ... Learn More

Nosegay is our smallest pepper standing just 6 inches tall, but the Bay Leaf-like leaves and the cluster of tiny peppers produced makes it very suitable for use as an ornamental plant as well. The fruit are medium-hot to taste and often display a range of colours as they mature. ... Learn More

This medium heat pepper is ideal for the Mexican chilli and salsa lovers. A single plant may yield up to 25,long, glossy orange fruits (up to 11cm long) and can also be used to bring a chilli hum to spicy soups and pickles well for a winter supply in the cupboard! Scoville units / heat level: 10,000 ... Learn More

The 7cm long, finger-shaped fruits are show-stopping when they turn from green to orange and can be used for either ornamental or culinary use. These really are quite hot so take care when cooking with them unless you have an iron tummy! Heat level 3-4. ... Learn More

A very hot pepper, it sits very near to the top of the hot pepper scale, above the Jalapeno, and at between 10,000 and 20,000 Scoville units of heat, which parallels the famous Serrano pepper in terms of overall pungency. The taste is similar to the bright, crisp taste of the jalapeño, but is just a fraction sweeter. This rather rude and phallic-looking pepper usually grows to between four and six inches long, and ripens from green to a shocking-red, adding even more to the description of "The Most Pornographic Pepper" by Organic Gardening Magazine. Indeed, we were rather reluctant to sell su ... Learn More

‘Red Glow’ as the name suggests, is a hotter pepper than its relative 'Orange Glow' with the heat packed into slightly smaller red fruits of 7cm long, with a yield of up to 25 fruits per plant. This pepper can be grown in either the greenhouse or outside in pots, but will require support. The flavour and heat lends itself well to Mexicans dishes, spicy soups and is great for pickling for the winter months. Scoville units / heat level: 27,000 ... Learn More

A sweet and mild, lobed Italian traditional pepper, with flesh that changes from green to red as it ripens. They often fruit later than regular bell peppers but taste better. They grow to 17-20 centimetres and can be eaten fresh or fried. ... Learn More

This unusual pepper is ideal picked when small and green for low levels of heat, because the heat increases as the fruits get larger and continue to mature to red. Also known as the Tapas Pepper, this is excellent added to stir fries. Originally introduced from South America, it produces a mass of small conical fruits, with a long curled pedicle. Play Spanish Roulette! Every batch of 10 or so peppers contains a hot one, and we mean really piquant! Because it is impossible to distinguish the hot pepper from the milder pods, eating a portion of Padrón peppers is popularly linked to the Russian ... Learn More

Very attractive small cuboid peppers with sweet flavour. Their colour changes from yellow to pillar box red as they ripen. They are suitable for being grown in containers. (70 days from transplanting. Heat-1) ... Learn More

Named for its resemblance to the Scottish Tam o'Shanter hat, most Scotch Bonnets have a heat rating of 100,000–350,000 Scoville Units. This yellow form is really very, very hot, and just for comparison, most jalapeño peppers have a heat rating of 2,500 to 8,000. Fresh bonnets change from green to colours ranging from yellow to scarlet red and taste best fresh, but this thin-walled variety can also be frozen or pickled or even put in olive oil very successfully. They are used to flavour many different dishes and cuisines worldwide, and are especially useful in hot sauces and condiments. (Heat-4 ... Learn More

This small, pointed, cherry-type hot pepper has an unusual triangular shape resembling a small spinning top. The fruit have a hot (measuring 30,000 on the Scoville Scale) yet fruity flavour and are ideal for pickling or can be crushed up as a sauce. Plants bears fruit all season long and may be grown in the greenhouse and outdoors in pots. ... Learn More

These sweet miniature bell peppers from Pennsylvania grow on small bushes, the fruit being only a couple of inches in size but, as their name suggests, they can be stuffed to form tasty appetisers, although they can also be pickled or grilled! ... Learn More

Probably the most well known pepper in the world, due to the infamous 'Tabasco' sauce. This tall, vigorous pepper, can yield up to 100 fruits per plant with small fruits 3cm in length. Your chance to avoid the shop bought versions and make your own amazing chill sauce this year....why not give it a go! It is suitable for both greenhouse growing or outdoor in pots, but will require support. Scoville units / heat level: 50,000 ... Learn More

An ideal and easy-to-grow container plant, popular at Oriental supermarkets, this beautiful ornamental and culinary pepper which is easy to grow and also very prolific, is well-known for its extreme spiciness. Heat 4 ... Learn More