Turn up the heat in your homegrown harvest with our Chilli Pepper Plants (Capsicum). Perfect for greenhouses, sunny patios and sheltered garden spots, these productive plants provide colourful chillies for curries, sauces, marinades, stir-fries and homemade salsas.

Choose from Jalapeño, Vindaloo, Birds Eye, Fresno, Tri Colour, Hot Thai or Mixed, with a range of heat levels to suit different tastes.

Chilli Heat Guide

From milder to hotter, our chilli varieties can be roughly ranked as:

1. Jalapeño 🌶️ – Mild to Medium
2. Fresno 🌶️🌶️ – Medium
3. Tri Colour 🌶️🌶️ – Medium
4. Vindaloo 🌶️🌶️🌶️ – Hot
5. Hot Thai 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ – Very Hot
6. Birds Eye 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ – Very Hot

Heat levels are a guide only. The Scoville rating and heat of individual chillies can vary depending on variety, ripeness and growing conditions.

Give your Capsicum chilli plants plenty of warmth and sunshine, water regularly and feed once flowers and fruits begin to develop. Regular picking will help encourage further fruit production.

Colourful, productive and great fun to grow, Chilli Pepper Plants are an excellent choice for anyone who enjoys adding fresh, homegrown heat to their cooking.

Light Required Full sun in a warm, sheltered position

Watering Water regularly during growth and fruiting, keeping compost evenly moist but not waterlogged.

Best Growing Conditions Grow Vindaloo chilli plants in a warm, sunny location, preferably under cover in the UK. Plant in fertile, well-drained compost and water regularly, keeping soil consistently moist. Feed weekly with a high-potash fertiliser once flowering begins and harvest fruits frequently to encourage ongoing production.

Plant genus Capsicum

Plant type Vegetable Plants

Foliage type Annual

Hardiness Tender

Soil acidity Alkaline Soil

Planting aspect South Facing

Leaf colour Green

Growth Rate Moderate

Edible Use All Rounder Salad Cooking Baking

Planting Companion Basil, Oregano, Marjoram

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