Chili Pepper: Black Pearl

This has to be the most attractive chili plant I have in my collection. Despite the fruit’s small size they pack a real punch and the plant is a heavy producer. The fruit starts off as deep oxblood colour that …

Chili Pepper: Hoa Lat

Hoa Lat is a bushy, heavy producer of medium sized, long tapered fruit. It is another of my mild heat range favourites and is so easy to grow. The fruit starts of yellow-green and ripens to a bright glossy red. …

Chili Pepper: Caysan

Coming in at a mere 30,000 – 50,000 Scoville units, the Caysan Chili is a great little prolific producer of large glossy fruit, and it isn’t too hot to eat. I got mine from the local Bunnings store and grew it …

Chili Pepper: Tepin

  I love the look of Tepin plants. The berry shaped fruit is small and grows in bunches that remind me of cherries. 🙂 The fruit starts of dark green and then turns dark purple on its way to red. …

GICICI’s Chili Collection

I love chili peppers and the plants they grow on. There are lots of variety in the 5 main domesticated species and I am trying to grow as many of them as I can. 🙂 I buy most of the …

Chili Pepper: Zimbabwe Bird

This has to be the prettiest chili plant I have in my collection. Despite the fruit's small size they pack a real punch and the plant is a heavy producer.

Chili Pepper: Yellow Wax

This plant is a vertical powerhouse and a really heavy producer of yummy mild chilis. Their addition to a green salad will add a bit of variety and might even wow your friends. Taste: Sweet and mild. Definitely not a …

Chili Pepper: Trinidad Scorpion Butch T

At 1.46 million Scoville heat units this wee red beastie packs a punch :). It was derived from the Trinidad Scorpion (so called because the end of the chili looks like a scorpion stinger) and was originally propagated by a …

Chili Pepper: Trinidad Scorpion Cardi

Now we are getting into crazy hot territory :). I have read that this variety was developed by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute hence the CARDI part of the pepper’s name :). The scorpion part is because the …

Chili Pepper: Cayenne

My second favourite chili is the humble Cayenne pepper, allegedly named for the city of Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana. Although hotter than a Jalapeño I think it smells amazing and very distinctive. I love them green or red …