Perhaps the most beautiful of all Cayenne chili pepper varieties. The Cayenne Purple is a dark purple variant of the classic Cayenne. The long, thin peppers colour from dark purple to red. They are very hot. The plants are about 60 to 90 cm tall and have...

Mulato Isleno is similar in size to the Ancho, but is slightly longer and flatter. It tastes slightly sweeter. The chili peppers mature from green to dark chocolate brown after about 85 to 95 days. The plants will grow to 80 cm in height. The peppers can...

Hot Portugal is one of the earliest fruiting chili pepper varieties. After about 70 days after germination, the pods are mature. The plant produces heavy yields of hot chili peppers. The peppers are around 15 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. They look like the...

Ancho Grande is larger than the Ancho. The chili peppers are about 10 cm long and 6 cm in diameter. In the immature stage, the dark green peppers are called Poblano. When they mature to red they retain the name Ancho, but when the pepper matures to dark...

‘De Arbol' means 'tree-like' in Spanish. This vigorous plant can reach a height of 120 cm in one season and resembles a tree. Chile de Arbol is similar to the Cayenne chili pepper, but has slightly less heat. The thin pods are about 10 cm long and...

Numex Big Jim is the largest chili pepper in the world! This chili pepper can grow up to 35 cm in length. On average they grow to about 20 cm in length with a diameter of 5 cm. The well-growing plant itself remains relatively small compared to the large...

Caloro looks like the Hot Banana. It is a vigorous, high yielding chili pepper plant with continuous fruiting. The conical shaped pods are mildly hot and are about 10 cm by 5 cm. The pods have a thick fruit wall and ripen from green to yellow and finally...

The Tabasco chili pepper is well known because it’s the main ingredient in the world famous Tabasco sauce. Like all varieties of Capsicum Frutescens, the plant has a bushy appearance. The plant can grow up to 150 cm. The pods are about 4 cm long...

Habanero Mustard is a very hot, high yielding chili pepper originates from the Caribbean. The wrinkled pods are about 4 cm in length and 4 cm in width. The pods colour from light green with a hint of purple, to a mustard-orange colour and finally orange...

Rocoto originates from the Andes mountains in Peru, where it’s also called Manzano. Manzono means apple, because its shape resembles an apple. This chili pepper has unique black seeds and is very hot. The Rocoto often germinates more slowly than...

Bolivian Rainbow is a beautiful ornamental chili pepper from Bolivia. The many small edible peppers have an erect habit and colour during ripening from purple to yellow, then to orange and finally to red. These colours are all present simultaneously. The...

Beaver Dam is an old Hungarian chili pepper variety (heirloom) that was brought from Hungary to Beaver Dam in the United States in 1929 by the family Hussli. The hot chili peppers are crunchy and taste deliciously. The peppers colour from citrus green to...