Chilli Peppers
Chilli plants are members of the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae.
Enthusiasts worldwide use the spelling 'Chile' but 'Chilli' seems most popular in UK.
Chilli peppers and their various cultivars originated in the Americas. They are now popular worldwide because they are widely used as
spices and as medicine.
Plants available from 1st week of March 2009, you can buy Chilli seeds here.
Bhut Jolokia(also called Bih Jolokia)
Worlds hottest chilli!!! In 2006, the Guinness Book of Records confirmed that the worldís hottest chile pepper was the Bhut Jolokia. Bhut Jolokia is nearly twice as hot as Red Savina, the chile pepper variety it replaces as the worldís hottest.
Heat: 1,000,000+ scoville units
Bhut Jolokia £6.50
Bhut Jolokia X 2 £12.00
Chocolate Habanero
These extremely hot chilli's grow to approx 2.5 - 3cm in width and 3.5cm - 6cm in length.
Heat: 100,000 - 350,000 scoville units
Chocolate Habanero £5.50
Numex Twilight
These *hot* and tasty chilli peppers are also a beautiful garden plant with the chillis changing over time from purple to yellow to orange to red.
Easy to grow.
Can produce over a hundred chilli's from a single plant.
Grows to approx 1‡ ft high, 1‡ ft wide.
Heat: 50,000-100,000 scoville units
Numex Twilight £5.00
Scotch Bonnet
These extremely hot chilli's grow green and ripen to red in colour and grow to approx 2.5-3cm in width and 2.5cm - 4cm in length.
Heat: 100,000 - 350,000 scoville units
Scotch Bonnet £3.50
Birds Eye
These very hot chilli's grow green and ripen to bright red in colour. They grow to approx 0.75cm in width and 2cm - 5cm in length.
Easy to grow
Heat: 50,000-100,000 scoville units
Birds Eye £3.50
Aji Yellow
These hot chilli's grow yellow and grow to approx 1.5cm - 2cm in width and 7cm - 12cm in length,
varying in heat from mild to medium heat as they mature. The plant is a tall variety, growing to 100cm - 120cm tall.
Heat: 30,000 - 50,000 scoville units
Aji Yellow £3.50