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Farmers Market Jalapeno
C. Annuum
5,000 – 15,000 SHUThe Farmers Market Jalapeno is hands down the most unusual of the Jalapeno types. It is completely covered in “corking” which is why it is also known as the Potato Skin Jalapeno. It is wonderfully sweet and mild with that great Jalapeno warmth, and tastes just like a Jalapeno. It also grows quite large! The skin does not detract from the taste or texture at all; in fact, it adds an ever so slight earthy mushroom taste. These are still quite rare but there is no doubt that these will burst onto the chilli market soon enough and take the chilli world by storm! THEY ARE THAT GOOD!
10+ seeds
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Fijian Bongo
C.Chinense
300,000 – 400,000 SHUGet your drums out for the Fijian Bongo Chilli – a unique habanero variety from Fiji. Sweet and tangy with a good solid burn it is hotter than the average habanero for sure. It has a really interesting shape that makes it a stand out with its nice deep ribbing. The Fijian Bongo Chilli is a very stocky solid plant that is super easy to grow. Pods get around 6cms long and 2cms wide and produce well in colder temperatures. It’s another great one for a tasty habanero sauce.
10+ Seeds
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Goats Weed
C.Annuum
20,000 – 40,000 SHUGoat’s weed is a great variety if you love furry foliage. This one has dark olive colours leaves that are covered in the most wonderful silver fuzz. The pods grow erect on the plant and are 5-6cm long by 1cm and ripen from green to black to a fluorescent red. There’s a real exotic and ornamental look to the plant making it a stand out in the garden. Having a flavour that is more spicey than fruity it is perfect for putting a zing any dish. Its an absolute super producer growing to over 4ft tall. Well worth growing we think.
10+ Seeds
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Hinkelhatz
C. Annuum
20,000 – 30,000 SHUHinkelhatz is a great little chilli. Its been around, thanks to the Dutch, since about 1880. ‘Hinkelhatz’ literally means ‘Chicken heart’, which describes the shape. They are hot and tasty. Very good to slice up on a salad for a bit of a kick! They are traditionally used for Chilli vinegar, pickling and oil where they really shine through. This Chilli is also in the ‘Slow Food Arc of Taste’, So you know it has to be good right?
10+ seeds
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Honeypeno
C. Annuum
3,000 – 5,000 SHUWell this is interesting – A Jalapeno type chilli pepper that has an apple/honey flavour. Mmmm Mmmm… Honeypeno what a great name too. This one was created by Pepperlover for extra sweetness. It is very mild in heat and can be used like all Jalapeno’s – poppers or pickled would be a good choice. Around the same size as a regular Jalapeno the Honeypeno is slightly more tapered at the bottom. We love it and we know you will too.
10+ Seeds
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Hungarian Black
C. Annum
25,000 – 10,000 SHUThe Hungarian Black is a mild Jalapeno type pepper. Originating from Hungary it is used widely in everyday cooking and salads. It is also very ornamental having green and purple mottled leaves. The jet black chillies grow to about 6-7 cm long and gradually turn a deep ruby red from the bottom up. A great producer, juicy and sweet with a touch of heat.
10+ seeds
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Inca Red Drop
C.Baccatum
10,000 – 20,000 SHUThis little wonder produces an abundance of cute little sweet fruit with its shape not unlike a water droplet. The Inca Red Drop produces small 2cm long pods that mature from green to orange to red. It has a good level of sweetness to it and not so hot you can’t pop one straight in the mouth from the garden. (Well that’s what we do anyway). Great for small patio growing with the plant not getting over 60cms tall. The Inca Red Drop is of Andean pepper origin and relatively rare. Go on add it to your chilli pepper collection 😉
10+ Seeds
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Jamaican Scotch Bonnet
C. Chinense
250,000 – 300,000 SHUBIG UP to this chilli pepper – as the Jamaicans would say – meaning RESPECT…
This is a very popular chilli in the Caribbean and is used for making Jerk sauce, hot sauce and many other traditional Jamaican dishes. Not only does the Jamaican Scotch Bonnet chilli taste amazing with its sweet fruity zing, it is super easy to grow. Its close to say an orange habanero in heat but is sweeter with flavour undertones of apple/orange. Of course its called a Scotch Bonnet because it has the classic bonnet hat shape. Fruit ripen to a glossy yellow/orange colour and get up to 5cms long and 6cms wide. A must have if you’re into making hot sauce we’d say.10+ Seeds
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Kraken
C. Chinense
1,000,000 SHU (aprox)The Kraken is here! And upon reflection, it would have been a good idea to run far away from it! This is definitely in the group of super hots that normal people shy away from. It’s a cross between Bhut Jolokia Assam and Trinidad Chocolate Scorpion and the pods grow extremely large. Like quite a few of the brown super hots, the taste is sort of earthy and smoky. The heat from this one is brutal and it’s a winner for a hot chilli sauce!
10+ seeds
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Ljuti Pepper
C. Annuum
30,000 – 50,000 SHU
A mellow yellow in colour, this is a popular and widely used cayenne variety originating in the Balkens(Croatia). Ljuti in Croatian means hot so not the most creative juices went into naming it, but who cares, it tastes fantastic. The hardy plants produce prolific crops of green maturing to mellow yellow fruits similar in shape, size and heat to Cayenne. Fruit grow upwards and look great in their clusters. Taste wise they have a terrific zingy lemony pepper freshness that will have you coming back for more. The Ljuti is a great one for dried seasonings.
10+ Seeds
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LOCO
C. Annuum
Aprox. 25,000 SHULoco is a hybrid chilli that is a wonderfully attractive plant, having dark green leaves and purple-fringed white flowers. The fruit are cone-shaped and upward growing, getting to about 3cms long. The Loco chilli fruit change from a beautiful lilac purple to orange and then red as they mature. The plant itself is super compact and it thrives and produces well even in small pots. The Loco chilli is more an ornamental variety but the taste is quite sweet with some floral flavour undertones.
10+ Seeds
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Lucifer’s Dream Yellow
C. Annuum
20,000 – 30,000 SHUI wonder if Lucifer was dreaming to himself one day, “I wish this chilli came in another color.” …….well it does! Lucifer’s Dream Yellow! It’s very versatile. You can stir fry it, put it in a garden salad or its big enough to be stuffed. It has great flavor and is not searing hot so the kids may well have a try of it too! The bush is compact and is a prolific producer. It is still very hard to get and worth growing!
10+ Seeds