Red Chillies

Information: The Carolina Reaper has held the record of being the world`s hottest chili since November 2013. The variety was cultivated by chili farmer Ed Currie from the PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina (USA). The name...

Information: The Rokita Chili is a relatively early ripening Chili variety, which produces pretty, approx. 10 to 15 cm long, red pepperoni. The plants are robust and vigorous and very productive. This could make a support or...

Information: Arlecchino Chili comes from Italy and means translated "Harlequin Chili". And indeed: dark foliage and the small upright-growing chillies that ripen from black-purple to orange to red, show a beautiful play of colours....

Info: The Pyramid Chili is a very pretty variety from Italy. The small, almost pyramid-shaped chillies grow upright in clusters and are a real eye-catcher on the balcony or terrace, as they ripen from green to orange and purple to...

Info: The Takanotsume Chili is a must for lovers of Japanese cuisine, but also worth a (cultivation) try for all others. In Europe it is also known as the Hawk Claw Chilli, probably due to its talon shape. Takanotsume is the...

Info: The Zimbabwe Black Chili is an African birdseye with beautiful from purple-black to red ripening, upright growing small chillies. The leaves often have some variegation in green and purple and the purple flowers are also very...

Info: The Stromboli Red Chili is named after the Italian volcanic island in the Mediterranean of the same name. The small, bright red coloured chilies, which grow upright on the bush, look like small lava explosions from a volcano....

Info: The Poot Pepper is a popular chili variety in Korea and has a mild heat. The plants are productive and can also be cultivated well in pots due to their compact, medium-size growth. The chillies are elongated, up to 16 cm long...

Info: The Grisu Chili is an early and hot variety from Sardinia. The vigorous medium-sized plants produce meaty, dark green to red ripening, cone-shaped fruits. They are medium hot and ideal for stuffing and grilling, fresh in...

Info: This chili is named after the mountain Dragon`s Back, which is located south of Hong Kong. It is a beautiful mountain of terraces that have been cut into the mountain sides, hundreds of years ago to grow rice. The Dragons...

Info: The Sichuan 7 Stars Chili is one of the best-known Chinese chillies, with occasional confusion about the actual meaning of the word: The Chinese call this chili "Zhi Tian Jiao". Jiao means pepper that grows upwards. The...

Info: The Xian Horn Chili is the variety used in most Chinese restaurants. Xian (pronounced: chi:an) is originally a Cayenne chili, but unlike its cousins from India or Thailand, this special breed is sweeter in taste and less...

Info: The `Basket of Fire` chili wonderfully productive and decorative chilli pepper plant. This colourful variety becomes smothered with small, hot chillies which mature from green to creamy white to a deep purple through orange...

Information: The Snoopy Chili is a very beautiful, slightly hot pepper with an enormous yield. The pretty small, 8-10 cm long pointed peppers ripen in a bright red and are thick-walled and juicy with a fruity-sweet pepper taste and...

Information: The Pepperone Piccante Lungo Chili is a moderately hot, intensively red ripening pointed pepper from the south of Italy, from Calabria. The juicy peppers are about 10 cm long, thick-walled and are ideal for grilling,...

Information: The Jeaun Paulo Chili comes from Sardinia and has been cultivated there by the family of a chili grower (Jeaun Paulo) for many generations. The chillies are 15 to 20 cm long, ripen in a bright red and have a medium...

Information: The Cherrybomb Hot Tomato Chili is a typical Cherrybomb variety, whose fruits remind of the shape of a heart tomato. They ripen bright red and have thick, juicy fruit walls with a typical chili pepper flavour and a...

Information: The Thunder Mountain Longhorn Chili comes from China from a region with the so-called "Thunder Mountains", hence the name. The bright red, slender, thin-walled chillies can reach record-breaking lengths of up to 30 cm...

Information: The Tolli`s Sweet Italian Chili is a delicious red pointed pepper heirloom from Italy. The scarlet-red pointed peppers are about 10 to 15 cm long, very flavourful, sweet and juicy and have no heat. It is one of the...

Information: The Soroksari Chili is a Hungarian heiroom and sweet and juicy pointed pepper with large pale-yellow fruit that turns to orange and red when ripened. Usually, they are harvested in the pale-yellow ripening stage. They...

Information: The Purple Ufo Chili is a pretty rare variety with purple and a most incredible shape: like small ufos hanging on the plant. They ripen from dark purple to orange-red to red and have a mild, pleasant heat. The taste is...

Information: The Peperoncini Piccante Guarda Cielo Chili is a small Italian variety with small, colourful, hot chillies. The chillies grow upright ("guarda cielo" means "look into the sky") and ripen from green to yellow and orange...

Information: Friariello di Napoli are very tasty mild peppers from the Naples region. They are also known as Perperoncini verdi and are usually harvested green and typically are fried whole in olive oil until blistered and browned....

Information: The Cayenne Fogaras Chili is a Romanian breeding of the red, classic Cayenne chili. Cayennes are one of the most widespread varieties worldwide and a real classic on your spice rack. The plants grow bushy and produce...

Information: Biquinho Vermelho chili from Brazil is pronounced bee-KEE-nyo and means "little beak". The bright red 4 cm pods taper to a point like an inverted teardrop and have a rich fruitiness with a distinctive smokey flavour...

Information: The 7 pod chillies (also known as 7 pot chillies) are some of the hottest chillies in the world and on a same high level as the bhut jolokia or Trinidad Scorpion. It gets its name from the idea that just one pepper is...

Information: Chili Gigante is - as the name suggests - a large sweet bell pepper with up to 15 cm long blocky pods. These are aromatic and juicy without any heat and ripen from green to a beautiful bright red. They are suitable as...

Information: The Red Skin Chili is a delicious, red ripening, bell pepper with medium sized, blocky fruits without any heat. The harvest takes place from July to October and the red fruits have a great, sweet, flavourful taste....

Information: The Born Fire Chili is a thankful breed in cultivation, it even tolerates outdoor cultivation, but like all chillies it needs a very sunny and very sheltered place. Then the plants produce a large number of bright red,...

Information: The Melrose Chili is a delicious red pointed pepper without any heat and a heirloom from Italy. The bright red peppers are about 12 cm long, juicy and have a fine flavour. They are suitable for fresh consumption in...

Information: The Agronaldi di Asti Chili is an elongated, red, juicy pointed pepper from Italy. The plants are relatively robust and grow more in width than in height. The side branches may need some support. The fruits have an...

Information: The Aci Sivri Chili is a delicious pepperoni from Turkey with very long, up to 20 cm long fruits, which have a great flavour. They ripen from green to yellow and orange to a bright red. The heat varies from mild to...

Information: Long Red Ringo chillies have wonderful long red fruits with a sweet and juicy flesh and can grow up to 20cm in length. The plants are very well-suited to growing in pots, but they can also thrive very well outdoors in...

Information: The Morron de Conserva Chili is a bright red ripening bell pepper from Spain. The plants are prolific with many of the fleshy, juicy and sweet peppers. They are suitable for fresh consumption in salads and salsas, as...

Information: The Ampuis Chili is a very pretty red mini bell pepper, which comes from France, named after the wine village Ampuis in the department Rhône. The plants are very productive, but only grow 50 - 70 cm tall and are...

Information: The Krishna Jolokia Chili comes from the Assam region in India and is a beautiful and high-yielding variety of the Bhut Jolokia family. Krishna means black and so the fruits are black when unripe before they ripen to a...

Information: Navajo (or navaho) chillies have a bushy growth form and produce beautiful, elongated (approx. 15cm long), slightly wrinkled fruits. They ripen from green to a rich dark red colour. They are full of flavour, mildly hot...

Information: The Facing Heaven Red Chili originates from China. It gets its name due to the fact that its small red chillies grow upright in bundles. The plants grow bushy and are high yielding. The red chillies have a medium level...

Information: The Leutschauer Pfefferschoten are a heirloom from Lutschau in Slovakia. There, they have been grown since the 18th century for the production of hot pepper powder. The peppers are pointed peppers and have a superior...

Information: Kung Pao Chili comes from Southeast Asia and is a popular red chili, which is not only characterized by an intense heat, but also by its excellent taste. It is perfect for Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine. They are...

Information: Frigitello is a mild, pointed Italian chili pepper that are traditionally grown in the south of Italy. The name is taken from the Italian word "friggere", which means "to fry". And sure enough there are plenty of...

Information: The Fluorescent Purple Chili is a beautiful ornamental chili with black leaves, and initially dark purple-black small oval fruits that ripen to a bright red colour. That gives a wonderful contrast. The flowers are...

Information: The habanero species is thought to originate in the Yucatan region in Mexico. Although the name "habanero" can be translated to mean "someone or something from Havana", the plant is only found growing in isolation on...

Information: The Inca Red Drop comes from Peru and belongs to the species Capsicum baccatum ("tree chili"). The plants remain relatively small compared to other tree chilis, and carry lots of small pods, which are about 2-3 cm long...

Information: The Chimayo Chili comes from New Mexico and was bred 400 years ago as a mountain variety for cooler altitudes. Therefore, it copes quite well with our Central European climate. The plants grow shrubby, the chillies are...

Information: The cayenne chili pepper is one of the most common varieties of chili in the world and is a real classic on your spice rack. The variety originates from Latin America and is predominantly sold as `cayenne pepper` in...

Information: Chili Variegata is a beautiful ornamental variety with tri-coloured leaves: a dark green leaf ground with purple and white variegations. The many small hot peppers colour from deep purple to bright red during ripening....

Information: The Boldog chili is an old Hungarian pepper heirloom, which is traditionally used to make spicy sweet paprika powder. It has also an excellent taste with a mild heat whether consumed fresh, grilled or cooked. The...