|
Seeds / Chilli
 |
| Adorno - £2.49 |
Amazing bush variety from Italy which is perfect for terracotta pots and for those who like their chillies hot, hot, hot!
Foliage is dark-green to purple and fruits point upwards maturing to a deep violet red.
The Adorno is a very special chilli which grows quickly and crops abundantly (you can expect over 200 fruits!) and is perfect for those with little space as it is very compact.
A word of warning though...it was voted amongst the top 10 hottest in the 2007 Gardener's World chilli trials.....Ouch!
|
|
|
|
 |
| Ciliegia Piccante - £2.49 |
Fast-growing chilli variety from Southern Italy which produces dozens of hot cherry-like chillies on the top canopy of a densly foliaged plant.
The Ciliegia Piccante is absolutely delicious to use in all sorts of fresh cooking but can also be stuffed with anything from mozzarella to a paste made with anchovies and capers.
A fantastic chilli that is a regular at markets in the South of Italy. |
|
|
|
 |
| Etna - £2.49 |
One of the most spectacular varieties of chillies we sell!
The Etna is a beautiful chilli plant that produces stunning bunches of very hot chillies which, when ripe, are a reminder of the temperamental volcano they are named after!
Perfect for container-growing, this variety has a certain sweetness to it and is searingly hot. Voted amongst the top ten hottest chillies in the 2007 Gardener's World Chilli trial!
|
|
|
|
 |
| Fuego Ibrido F1 - £2.49 |
This Hybrid variety from Italy is an incredibly early, productive and easy one to grow. The chillies are plentiful on a lush-looking plant and are long and conical in shape, tapering to a point.
The Fuego Ibrido is perfect for all kinds of cooking and is reminiscant of some of the larger finger chillies found in Thailand. Yum!
|
|
|
|
 |
| Pimiento Padron - £2.49 |
The Padron is one of the most delicious chillies you will ever eat and are fun too!
Originally from the small village of Padron in Northern Spain, this variety is picked when still small and green, fried in a little extra virgin olive oil with some coarse sea salt and then eaten hot from the hob (ideally with a cold glass of white wine and some friends!).
The chillies are generally very mild and sweet but beware.....one in ten will be hot! A Mediteranean take on the Russian Roulette!!!
|
|
|
|
 |
| Grisu' Ibrido F1 - £2.49 |
The Grisu' Ibrido is originally from the island of Sardegna in Italy where people like their food full of earthy flavours and hot like the sunshine which blesses the land.
This Hybrid chilli is fast-growing, highly productive and can be grown anywhere from a sunny windowsill to outside in a garden pot.
The chillies are abundant on the plant and are often consumed at all stages from green to deep red.
As the Grisu' ripens to red, it'll develop a little extra sweetness which, with the no-nonsense heat, will invigorate any dish you choose to add it to.
|
|
|
|
 |
| Peppino Ibrido F1 - £2.49 |
The Peppino is common in Southern Italy and is an absolutely delicious mild chilli to have at hand.
The fruits ripen from green to rich, glossy red and are slightly flat and spherical making them perfect to slice into a fresh summer salad, roasted on the BBQ or cooked in the oven with the stuffing of your choice.
This chilli is blessed with amazing flavour and sweetness and is for those who don't want heat to be overpowering.
|
|
|
|
 |
| Piccante Di Cayenna - £2.49 |
The Cayenna is probably the first variety to have made it's way into Italy from South America over 500 years ago and has been grown and perfected over this time in Calabria, which is the home of the chilli in Italy. Full of flavour, sweetness and blazing heat (much hotter that your traditional cayenne) the Piccante Di Cayenna is for all those who like a really easy chilli to grow which is as versatile fresh as it is dried.
Use this variety to make your own home-made chilli strings and hang them up in the kitchen for added colour and long-term use over the winter months.
A real must in any chilli-loving household! |
|
|
|
 |
| Red Cherry Small - £2.49 |
This chilli is absolutely packed with flavour and grows on a relatively compact plant which is unusual for cherry-varieties.
Often confused with a cherry tomato due to it's rich red glossyness, this one is a real must for all those who like stuffed or pickled chillies as they are sweet as well as hot (but not overpowering).
The red cherry has been known to age well when steeped in a little vodka for those of you who like something special after a meal!
|
|
|
|
 |
| Stromboli - £2.49 |
This variety of chilli is similar to the Etna in the way the fruits mature in bunches on the top canopy of the plant making it incredibly attractive in pots on any patio.
The Stromboli is highly productive and produces significant amounts of chillies which are longer and thinner than the Etna and mature to a very rich and attractive deep orange.
Absolutely packed with flavour, you will very quickly become compelled to growing these year after year!
|
|
|
|
 |
| Pyramid - £2.49 |
One of the most amazing chilli plants you will ever grow and almost guaranteed to be the real show-stopper on your patio or sunny windowsill.
The Pyramid is a compact bushy variety with dainty foliage which is almost entirely covered at the height of the season by small pointed chillies of all colours from deep purple, through to bright yellow and orange to deep red.
This very hot chilli is not only great to look at but is delicious when used in fresh dishes or just to add colour to a home-made pizza. Perfect for drying.
|
|
|
|
 |
| Roumanian Giallo - £2.49 |
A highly attractive variety which ripens to an incredibly rich, glowing yellow and is packed with spicy earthy flavour.
Reveered in Rumania where chillies are appreciated for taste as much as for their heat, the Roumanian Giallo is perfect fresh but also dries very well for your own yellow paprika to add to those lovely Winter casseroles!
The plant is very vigorous indeed and is perfect grown in containers.
|
|
|
|
Back to top ^
|
