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. Amazon – both peppers for planting and for cooking.
2. USA & Canada – SeedsNow
3. UK – J Parker’s plants & seeds
4. Worldwide – ClickandGrow

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

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

We like SeedsNow because they have a very large range of Pepper seeds. They are all organic NON-GMO Heirloom Vegetable Garden Seeds with fast delivery.

• Lovely large range of organic peppers.
• Quick & Fast delivery.
• Some very unusual pepper varieties.
• For more details visit SeedsNow

Please note their products are not available outside of North America.

The family owned business J Parker’s is a lovely source of peppers.

With fast delivery and great prices.

Not only do they have the full range of peppers but also specialised plants like East Indian Lemon Grass.

Easiest way is to have a look at their website

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
• Available from ClickandGrow

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.