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...

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 Shabu Shabu Chili comes from China and grows wild there. The chillies are harvested once a year in the Tengchong region on the border with Myanmar by local farmers who use them to supplement their income. The chillies are...

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 Shakira Chili is a productive chili pepper variety with many long, slender and tapered pods that mature in a bright red. The plants are robust and also get along well with outdoor conditions. The chillies have a...

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: 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: The Bih Jolokia Mini Bhut is a smaller breed of the popular Indian Bih Jolokia. In contrast to the Bih Jolokia, whose pods are 7-8 cm long, this variety only reaches lengths of approx. 4 cm, but it is in no way...

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: 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 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: The Aji Umba Red or Ajumba is a large Habanero variety from Suriname in South America. The plants are strong and prolific and the Habaneros are extremely hot with a wonderful fruity typical Habanero flavour. 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 Burning Bush Chili bears many narrow, elongated, red-ripening pods, which have a medium heat and a good taste. Due to its upright growth, the small chili shrub looks a bit as if it was burning. The chillies 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 tepin or chiltepin pepper is thought to be the archetype of the chili pepper, today it is primarily found in the Sonora Desert (North Mexico), as well as in Texas and Arizona. The name can be traced all the way...

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...

Information: The Jalapeno El Jefe is a prolific, early-ripening jalapeno variety with pods up to 10 cm long. It is ideal for chili beginners, because it germinates quickly and is easy to grow and care. Named after the town of...

Information: The Prairie Fire Chili is a small and pretty ornamental chili that looks great on the balcony or windowsill, and is also edible. The plants grow to a maximum size of only 30 cm and carry a large number of small,...

Information: Red Missile is an ornamental chili with upright growing, tapered and hot fruit that changes from cream to orange to red when maturing. The small peppers are shaped like missiles. As the variety remains relatively...

Info:  The Habanero Red Savina CHili was the world record holder for the hottest chili for a very long time (1994 - 2006). It was bred by a company in South California for Capsaicin extraction, and the breeder named it after his...

Info: The Topepo Rosso Chili is a productive tomato pepper and an Italian heirloom without heat. The 65 cm tall plants produce fleshy, flat round, bright red fruits with an excellent, very sweet taste. They can also be eaten green....

Info: The Thai Sun Chili belongs to the species Capsicum frutescens and produces hundreds of small, upright and immensely hot red chillies. The bushes relatively small bushes (about 50 cm in height) are highly branched, and very...

Info: The Ring of Fire Chili is a variety of Cayenne type and it burns, burns, burns like the ring of fire... The plants grow bushy and are rich producers of the bright red, thin-walled chillies, which are ideal for drying, Ristras,...

Info: The Pinocchios Nose Chili got its name because their chillies grow longer and longer - reaching up to unbelievable 30 cm long. The plants produce high yields of the slender cayenne-type chillies, that ripen from a dark...

Info: The NuMex Pinata Chili is a new jalapeno variety bred by the New Mexico State University. It is tasty and slightly hotter than other Jalapeno varieties. Its special feature is the nice colour play while ripening: from green to...

Info: The Orzoco Chili is a very rare offered variety from Italy. The plants grow bushy, are about 60 cm tall, and show a beautiful colour play both with the leaves that alternate between green and purple and the small oval red...

Info: The NuMex Sunset Chili was bred by the Chili Pepper Institute of the New Mexico State University (NuMex). Together with two other varieties in orange and brown (sunset and eclipse) they were developed especially for making...

Info: The Marconi Red chili is a beautiful Italian pointed pepper without any heat. The tasty peppers ripen from green to red and can be eaten in any maturity state. The plants grow bushy and reach up to 70 cm in height. They bear...

Info: The Pimiento Del Piquillo Chili is a beautiful, red Spanish pointed pepper with a mild heat from the Navarra region. The juicy red peppers have sweet pepper flavour. If eaten raw, the flesh tastes slightly bitter, therefore it...

Info:  The Rawit Chili is a bright red and very hot chili from Indonesia which is very widely used in Asia. It belongs to the species Capsicum frutescens and as is common for this type, the chillies grow upright. They are...

Info: The Miniature Bell Red Chili is an unusual variety: a mini sweet pepper with round fruits which ripen from green to a shiny red. The plants remain small and compact, are very high yielding and tolerate the Central European...

Info: The Explosive Ember Chili is a beautiful variety as both the chillies and the leaves have beautiful colours. The plant grow small and are ideal for pot cultivation on balconies and window sills. The pods stand upright and ripe...