There are over 4000 different varieties of peppers.

Each has their own taste and flavour, ranging from sweet to very hot.

Our 4 most popular places where to buy peppers are:

1. Live in the UK? – J.Parkers
2. Live in the USA? – SeedsNow
3. Worldwide – The ClickandGrow pod system – details below
4. Amazon – both peppers for planting and for cooking.

More details on why we especially like these are described below.

Helping people grow herbs & vegetables for over 90 years.

• Very large range of peppers – both plants & seeds
• Including specialised ones like Bird’s eye, Damian, Habanero, etc.
• Very fast delivery at great prices

For more details visit the J.Parkers website

Lovely family owned business with a:

• Very large range & variety of pepper seeds
• As well as NON-GMO Heirloom Vegetable Garden seeds.
• 100% Raw & Un-treated Non-Genetically Modified,
• Very fast delivery

For more details visit the seedsnow site

This is a very unusual source of peppers.

Their indoor garden works just like a capsule coffee machine.

• But instead of coffee pods, use biodegradable plant pods.
• More than 75 + different plant varieties.
• Automated watering, light and nutrients controlled by App
• More details on the ClickandGrow website

Please note that they do have over 75 different plant varieties – but not that many pepper types. But the ones they do have are very easy to grow.

Sweet Peppers

• Sweet banana pepper
  • Ideal for sandwiches, pizza and Greek salads.
  • Available from Amazon
• Pimento pepper
  • Great dipper for dill vegetable dip or with olives.
  • Available from Amazon
• Bell pepper
  • Good choice for roasting, salads and making stuffed peppers.
  • Available from Amazon
• Shishito pepper
  • Ideal for stir-fry & Japanese recipes.
  • Available from Amazon

Hot Peppers

• Anaheim chile pepper
  • Great for making salsa or simply stuffed
  • Available from Amazon
• Hungarian paprika
  • Ideal for Hungarian recipes & goulash
  • Available from Amazon
• Pepperoncini pepper
  • Adds a lovely tang to pizza, salads and antipasto.
  • Available from Amazon
• Poblano pepper
  • Ideal for Southwestern and Mexican recipes.
  • Available from Amazon

Very Hot Peppers

• African bird’s eye chili pepper
  • Great for Guyana or Mexican recipes – and Piri Piri Chicken
  • Available from Amazon
• Cayenne pepper
  • Adds heat to soups, meats and even desserts.
  • Available from Amazon
• Jalapeno pepper
  • Ideal for appetizers, salsa and hot japanese recipes.
  • Available from Amazon
• Habenero pepper
  • Great for salsa, hot sauce, jerk recipes and spice up recipes.
  • Available from Amazon
• Scotch bonnet pepper
  • Ideal for Caribbean recipes, great in pepper sauce.
  • Available from Amazon
• Thai chilli pepper
  • Key for southeast Asian recipes & curries.
  • Available from Amazon