World of Chillies Seeds
Below you will find a list of a range of classic chillies from across the world. All the seeds are available in single packets and most are also included in one of the World Of Chillies seed collections. All seeds come attractively packaged in gold foil packets, in fully labelled inner bags with a growing instructions leaflet.
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African Bird, Wild, Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65This tiny little piquin shaped devil is rated in the top ten for it's strength. They grow on small rounded bushes in prolific numbers, small upright chillies just 2 cm long literally covering the plant. Wild African Bird chillies are almost indistinguishable in taste from the Piri Piri and tyhery grow wild across southern Africa. Maturing to a bright red, this little chilli is proof that dynamite comes in small packages.
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African Devil or Birds Eye Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65The African Devil is also known as African birdseye, African Red Devil or Piri Piri. Its Scoville heat unit measurement is 225,000, less than a quarter of the heat of the world's hottest chillies but still pretty spicy. The short, narrow chillies ripen to a spicy red that sit proud on the plant. African Devil chillies are used in cooking throughout Southern Africa, especially to accompany chicken and fish and they are the main ingredient in the world famous Piri Piri sauce.
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Aji, Golden, Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65The Golden Aji is a variety of chilli coming from the lowlands of Peru, where Aji literally means 'chilli'. It is a popular chilli for its distinctive fruity flavour and gorgeous colour that imparts itself into food it is cooked in. Golden Aji is fairly large chilli plant which is relatively cold-tolerant. Golden Aji pods grow to around 10cm and are pretty hot at around 100,000ScU.
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Anaheim Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Tall, high-yielding plants are named after their area of origin, near L.A. Smooth, thick-skinned pods have two separate cells. A good stuffing chilli that freezes well too. 1,000ScU.
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Ancho Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65A type of Mexican Poblano; large, glossy, heart-shaped pods that mild and aromatic. They are used green for stuffing and dried to dark brown for use in Mexican moles. 1,500ScU.
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Antillias Carribean Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Red fruiting Scotch Bonnet with quite large globular shaped fruits, 5 x 3 cms. Used for cooking and ideal for sauces. Extremely pungent and strong aroma. This is an extremely hot chilli, packing a punch at 300,00 scoville units in fruits about 2 inches in length which start out a brilliant lime green, maturing through orange to red. Fruits are borne on a medium sized plant, around 70cm to 90cm with a very open habit.
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Bangalore Torpedo Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65The Bangalore Torpedo is native to eastern India. Long thin fruits reaching 12cm that drop like pendants from the plant, maturing from light green through to red and becoming hotter and hotter as they do. A very pretty, classic chilli that matures quickly in 90 – 100 days.
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Bhut Jolokia Chilli Seeds x 10£2.99Originating in Assam in northeastern India, this superhot chilli is documented in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's hottest chilli. It topped the scales at over a million Scoville heat units, with an official rating of 1,001,304. Bhut Jolokia is also as Bih Jolokia, the Naga Jolokia and the Tezpur pepper. It is a close relative of the Habanero and its closest cousin is the Bangladeshi chilli, Naga Morich.
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Bhut Jolokia Chilli Seeds x 20£4.99Originating in Assam in northeastern India, this superhot chilli is documented in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's hottest chilli. It topped the scales at over a million Scoville heat units, with an official rating of 1,001,304. Bhut Jolokia is also as Bih Jolokia, the Naga Jolokia and the Tezpur pepper. It is a close relative of the Habanero and its closest cousin is the Bangladeshi chilli, Naga Morich.
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Big Jim Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Officially the world's largest chilli pods, frequently reaching 20 to 30cm in length, borne on dwarf size plants around 60cm in height. Chillies look dramatic as they turn from deep green to dark red in colour. The chillies are fairly mild by the standards of chillies today but their size makes them perfect for stuffing.
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Bishop's Crown Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Bishop's Crown chillies are a very unusual-looking variety of chilli originating in Barbados. Chilli pods resemble, yes you've got it, a Bishop's hat with their three distinct sides. These chillies are also sometimes known as 'Fryer's Hat' chillies and 'the Christmas Bell'. The wings of the pods are mild and sweet-tasting but the centre of the chilli pods are pretty hot.
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Bulgarian Carrot Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65This variety may look like a baby carrot but be warned it can be very hot so don't try to feed them to your pet rabbit. The local name for these chillies is shipkas but its easy to see how they got their nickname. Produces a very high yield of bright orange peppers with a fresh, fruity flavour. Pods are up to 10cm in length borne on a decorative looking plant. Compact plant ideally suited to containers.
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Cayenne Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Cayenne chillies are the classic chilli - the colour and shape you'd probably go for if you were asked to draw a chilli; long, red, tapered pods. Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana in Southern America and that's where these chillies originate. Today, there are literally hundreds of Cayenne Hybrids around the world. They are easy to grow, quite cold tolerant and have good heat and flavour. Chillies get to 40,000 - 50,000ScU.
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Cayenne, Golden, Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Cayenne chillies are the classic chilli - the colour and shape you'd probably go for if you were asked to draw a chilli; long, red, tapered pods. These are obviously a golden version which put a great colour into food. Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana in Southern America and that's where these chillies originate. Today, there are literally hundreds of Cayenne Hybrids around the world. They are easy to grow, quite cold tolerant and have good heat and flavour. Golden Cayenne chillies are considerably hotter than the standard variety at 70,000-80,000ScU.
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Chi Chien Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Chi Chien is a highly ornamental chilli from China, producing a profusion of pungent and flavoursome pods that stand proud in little clumps on the plant. Pods are around 8-10cm and fairly thin-skinned. Their quite distinctive flavour is perfect for Szechuan dishes and all Chinese food.
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Fatalii Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Seriously hot Habanero relative from the Central African Republic. Chillies are little wrinkled wedges in a gorgeous golden colour that imparts its colour and rich, citrusy flavour into food. These are seriously hot chillies at 350,000ScU - not for nothing are they called Fatalii!
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Haberno, Orange Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Next on the list, the traditional Habanero chili has a Scoville rating of up to 350,000 ScU. The name Habanero is Spanish for from Havana.The pepper is used in cuisine throughout the Yucatan. This popular hot pepper has fruits which are small and wrinkled, measuring 3.5-6cm long and 2.5- 4cm wide and ripen from green to light orange.
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Habanero, White, Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65This rare, white chilli is a seriously hot Habanero from Peru, measuring 420,000ScU. You should have fruit within 90 days. The small, fiery, lantern shaped pods grow quite prolifically on quite large, bushy plants. Pods are about 2cm long and are actually a creamy colour rather than pure white. A rare and unusual chilli for your collection.
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Holy Mole Chilli Seeds x 12£2.50Gorgeous black-podded chilli that is the essential nutty, tangy flavour in Mexican Mole Sauces. This Pasilla-type pepper is a prolific fruiter and the 2007 AAS (All American Selection) winner.
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Hungarian Hot Wax Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65This is a popular`Yellow Wax' type, proved to be prolific and easy to grow. Fruits start out a pale yellow as they grow long and tapered with a gorgeous waxy appearance. They then turn orange and red at maturity. The Hot Wax originates in Hungary and is sometimes known as the Banana Chilli. Use fresh in salads or sauces or pickle to preserve. 10,000ScU
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Hy Hot Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65One of the best medium thick cayenne varieties for yield and quality. This variety is from Hong Kong with its thick flesh with waxy skin tapering to a point with a very high percentage of straight fruits. The fruits are pendant setting and ripen from green to bright red on highly decorative plants. 50,000 ScU
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Indian Fire Cracker Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Indian Fire Cracker is a hybrid of Indian Hot Pepper with an immense crop of long, thin chillies that grow pendant on medium sized plants. Pods are pretty hot at 30,000 50,000ScU and perfectly suited to all forms of Indian cooking. Fire Cracker is a chilli very well suited to drying and they dry easily in their green as well as their red state.
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Jalapeno Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Although the Jalapeno no longer figures in the hottest 10 chillies in the world, it still packs a punch if you eat enough of them. The Jalapeno is the chilli of choice for chilli eating contests in the USA and its unique flavour is ubiquitous with Mexican cooking. The Jalapeno is a very high yielding plant, growing up to a metre under cover and producing a profusion of flowers and short, blunt, conical fruits. The chillies are often picked and used green, but will ripen through to red. 6,000ScU
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Naga Morich Chilli Seeds x 10£2.99Hailing from Bangladesh, the Naga Morich is one of the world's super-hot chillies. Warwick University have recentlt completed HPLC tests on the Naga that have reached an incredible 1,598, 227ScU - that's half as hot again as tje Bhut Jolokia which is the world's hottest chilli according to the Guinness Book of Records. The tri-lobed, wrinkled wedge-shaped pods have a fresh citrusy flavour that is often overlooked in view of their phenomenal heat.
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Naga Morich Chilli Seeds x 20£4.99Hailing from Bangladesh, the Naga Morich is one of the world's super-hot chillies. Warwick University have recentlt completed HPLC tests on the Naga that have reached an incredible 1,598, 227ScU - that's half as hot again as tje Bhut Jolokia which is the world's hottest chilli according to the Guinness Book of Records. The tri-lobed, wrinkled wedge-shaped pods have a fresh citrusy flavour that is often overlooked in view of their phenomenal heat.
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Pasilla Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Pasilla literally means 'little raisin' and along they do have the dark, wrinkled appearance of raisins when dried, there is nothing little about them as they are 15-20cm long. Pasilla are sometimes known as the Chilli Negro, or Black Chilli. One of the holy trinity of Mexican Mole chillies, they are a staple flavouring in Mexico, prized for their rich flavour of dried fruit and liquorice.
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Pimento de Padron£1.65The Russian Roulette of chillies as the plant produces Capsaicin, but not evenly through its chillies. That means that most chllies are mild, but 1 out of every 5 will blow you away! Pimento de Padron are a Spanish Tapas chilli and make a great, fun dish for parties.
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Pusa Jwala£1.65Pusa Jwala are medium sized plants that produce long, thin, hot pods that hang pendant in abundance. They are one of the most popular varieties of Indian Hot Pepper and are pretty hot at 30,000-50,000ScU. They are a good all rounder for Indian cooking as well as drying well.
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Rocoto Orange Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Large, extremely pungent chillies with distinctive black seeds from the Peruvian Andes. They are sometimes known as Manzano, or 'apple' because of their shape. Rocotos can be more difficult to germinate than other chillies, but are remarkably cold-tolerant once they get going. They have a very distinctive hairy foliage and are quite large plants. There are numerous varieties of Rocotos, these are elongated orange pods that are amongst the world's hottest chillies at around 150,000ScU.
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Rocoto Rojo Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Large, extremely pungent chillies with distinctive black seeds from the Peruvian Andes. They are sometimes known as Manzano, or 'apple' because of their shape. Rocotos can be more difficult to germinate than other chillies, but are remarkably cold-tolerant once they get going. They have a very distinctive hairy foliage and are quite large plants. There are numerous varieties of Rocotos, these are quite large fruited red chillies that are amongst the world's hottest chillies at around 150,000ScU.
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Scotch Bonnet Mixed Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65Scotch bonnet peppers are very similar to Habanero peppers in both appearance and heat. With Scoville ratings that top out at 325,000, Scotch bonnet peppers are originally from the Caribbean, taking their name from their resemblance to the hats Scottish men wear, rather than their place of origin. This is a mixed selection of colours which will include an equal number or red, orange and yellow Scotch Bonnet seeds.
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Superhot Thai Demon F1 Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65A new hybrid Thai chilli producing small uniform fruits 7-8cm long. Extremely hot pungency. Fruit set is predominately on the outside of the plant aiding harvest. This new hybrid is extremely high yielding and an excellent new variety which has greatly improved the Thai chilli type, bearing prolific flowers and fruit from just 70 days after planting. 150,000ScU
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Tepin, or Chiltepin Chilli Seeds x 12£1.65The Tepin, or Chiltepin pepper grows wild in the deserts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and northern Mexico. Its tiny, about the size of a large pea, but its been measured at 265,000 Scoville units. Tepin peppers are part of the birds or birds eye pepper variety. They form a large, bushy plant with an unusual round chilli pod that ripens from green to bright red and makes for an attractive plant for the garden or greenhouse.
