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, which 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 Scoville units so is hot but not extreme. ... Learn More

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

This rare and beautiful heirloom plant bears long, thin, pointed pods, slightly bent, jester's shoes style, at the end. The pods begin to ripen purple before finally ripening through deepening shades of orange, and finishing, believe it or not, deep red! This long-lost fascinating rediscovery was found, totally forgotten, after years of being frozen, possibly since 1944, in the bottom of an ancient freezer in America. And still, thankfully, they germinated. A most productive plant which can reach 5 feet/1.5m in a greenhouse or warm sheltered garden. (30,000-50,000 SHU) ... Learn More

With a compact plant habit ‘Button Red’ is ideal for patio containers and pot production. The 2.5cm long pendula fruits ripen from bright green to red, producing over 75 per plant with a very mild 500 Scoville heat level. Ideal for larger garden containers and window boxes. ... Learn More

With large fruits, that mature from green to red, this sweet bell pepper lives up to the name "wonder" due to it being a wonderful addition to the vegetable plot, kitchen garden or even in pots and containers on the patio. With a wide range of culinary uses, from raw in salads, or stuffed, it prefers a position in full sun, especially when fruits, which have suspicious shapes.... are ripening. ... Learn More

Looking for the hottest pepper in the world? Well here it is, the Carolina Reaper. These violent red pods pack the ultimate punch.!! SERIOUS WARNING! These seeds and peppers really are extraordinarily hot. Please take care when handling the fruits, even when planting the seeds. Coming in at an average of 1,569,000 Scoville Heat Units or SHU for short, these pointy-tailed masterpieces will impress. Do you think you have what it takes to grow your very own Carolina Reaper seeds? Very few valuable and scarce seeds available! ... Learn More

Another truly dangerous fruit! Do not be fooled by the compact, beautiful shape of this rarely available, most attractive pepper, it is cousin to the explosive red one, and is one of the world's very hottest chillies! An expert described it as "having an initial fruity taste, which rapidly turns to molten lava!" Technically it is a hybrid between the "really nastily hot" La Soufriere pepper from Saint Vincent, and an "explosive" Naga pepper from Pakistan. Definitely one of the world's hottest peppers, so handle, and eat with great care! (1,600,000 SHU) ... Learn More

As the name suggests, this pepper has small, glossy, cherry-sized fruits, which ripen from green to a bright cherry red. The plant can produce an abundance of peppers throughout its growing season. A great variety for the garden or patio, an abundance of fruits can also give it an ornamental appearance, in addition to it having a wide range of culinary uses. Fantastic in salads, raw or cooked, and brilliant for preserving. ... Learn More

Count Dracula displays amazing jet black foliage with equally dark fang-like peppers which suddenly finally ripen to dazzling neon red (as they bite you?) All suspended in two colours, it is surely a worthy contender for the world's most beautiful pepper! Easy to grow, disease resistant and heavy-cropping. (5,000-30,000 SHU) ... Learn More

A stunning compact variety of only around 30-35cm ideal indoors on a windowsill or outdoors in summer. In a large pot or in the ground can get much bigger though. The elongated fruits are produced in abundance, and are held above the foliage, often pointing upwards, with colours of purple, oranges and finally red all at the same time. Purplish leaves and flowers add to the attractiveness of this dwarf pepper. ... Learn More

The compact nature of this hot pepper makes it very suitable for growing in patio pots and containers, so is ideal for those with limited space . With over 50 ripe red fruits per plant up to 3cm in length, ‘Fiery Flames’ as the name suggests, is a hot one, so ideal for asian and chinese cookery. Scoville units / heat level: 86,000 ... Learn More

These plants with unusual and most 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

These staggeringly hot peppers mature from green to their final bright red colour and are typically 3-5cm long. 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 wrinkled fruits are extremely hot, rated at 300,000 SHU (Scoville units) plus. ... Learn More

These gorgeous, slightly rounded, wedge shaped fruit carry few seeds, and are about 10 centimetres long, ripening from yellow through orange to red even during cloudy summers. This most attractive very early variety of sweet pepper was developed in the early 1990's in Russia. ... Learn More