A great way to add some extra flavor to your food is to throw some peppers in!
And growing your own peppers is a great way to make them taste even better, knowing that you put in the careful work to grow them!
The only problem is, though it is an attractive prospect to grow your own peppers, there is a truly massive array of types of peppers to choose from, so how can you possibly pick just one?
You’re probably here because you want to know some of the most unique varieties of peppers out there that you can grow yourself.
Jalapeno Fooled You (A Jalapeno with all of the flavor you expect, but no heat!)
Jalapeno Pinata
Jamaican Hot
Large Purple Cayenne
Little Nubian
Marbles
Medusa
Medusa’s Head
Miniature Chocolate
Naga Morich
NuMex Twilight
Pasilla
Pepperoncini
Pequin Pepper
Peri Peri
Peruvian White Lightning
Peter Pepper Yellow
Pimenta Da Neyde
Pimiento Pepper
Poblano
Purple Beauty Bell Pepper
Purple Jalapeno
Puya
Rain Forest
Royal Black
Santaka
Scotch Bonnet
Scotch Bonnet Yellow
Serrano
Tabasco Pepper
Trinidad 7 Pod Brown
Trinidad Congo
Trinidad Congo Brown
Trinidad Congo Yellow
Trinidad Douglah
Trinidad Morovas
Trinidad Perfume
Trinidad Scorpion Moruga
Trinidad Scorpion
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend
Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Yellow
Trinidad Scorpion Yellow
White Bhut Jolokia
White Habanero
Yellow 7 Pot
Yellow Devil’s Tongue
Yellow Jalapeno Pepper
Yellow Rocoto
Yucatan White Habanero
What Are The Easiest Peppers To Grow?
Now that you’ve taken a look at this extensive list of 113 pepper plants that you can grow in your own garden, you’re likely feeling at least a little bit ready to grow some of your own at home, right?
However, some peppers are a little easier to grow than others, so let’s take a look at some of the easiest ones to grow.
Jalapenos
Everyone knows about the glory of jalapenos. These small and tasty little peppers are fabulous when added to countless recipes because they can add a very light amount of fieriness to any dish, as well as a little bit of texture and extra crunch.
Jalapenos are known to be very low maintenance during the growing process, and though the yield may be a little lower than some other pepper plants, you’ll greatly appreciate the crunchy and delightful texture and the iconic flavor.
You need only water the jalapeno plant a few times, and you can simply leave it to soak in the sunlight around it.
Quintisho
Quintishos are great beginner pepper plants because of the fact that the peppers themselves are quite rare, which can make it truly special and rewarding to grow them.
The Quintisho pepper grows quite quickly, and the stems that the fruits grow from are incredibly sturdy and hardy, making it a great plant for your backyard.
You won’t have to spend ages pruning the plant to keep the stems from breaking. As well as this, the plant only needs a small amount of water and plenty of sunlight, making it a great passive plant to grow.
The fruits of the plant are incredibly flavorsome and sweet and they taste totally delicious in a massive number of dishes, making them incredibly worth growing yourself.
They also have a much higher heat than many other similar peppers, which can make them a great addition to dishes if you want to enhance the fieriness of a given meal.
As well as this, you will come to appreciate the incredibly high yield of this plant. You only need to plant a few seeds and you will be met with an incredible number of fruits!
Habanero
If you are someone that prefers their peppers to have some incredible bite, then habanero peppers could be right up your alley. These easy-to-grow peppers are renowned for their incredibly fiery flavor, and for setting your mouth aflame with flavor.
The yield of these peppers is incredibly high, and the maintenance needed to have the plants bear fruit is incredibly low. You’ll love how little you have to do for these peppers, and how much you’ll get out of them!
What Are The Hottest Peppers In The World?
Though we’ve looked at a massive number of unique pepper varieties across our list today, you’ve likely caught yourself wondering what peppers are the hottest of all, right? Let’s take a look at some of the hottest varieties.
Trinidad Scorpion Butch
This pepper is native to Trinidad, and has a Scoville heat measurement of around 1,463,700 SHUs! This makes it exceptionally hot, and easily one of the fieriest peppers you can find in the world.
Before the fiery heat kicks in with this pepper, those that eat it will first be met by a surprisingly sweet and fruity flavor that quickly explodes across the palette.
This can make it a very attractive chili to add to dishes for those that like interesting flavors. Just make sure to keep in mind that it is one of the hottest chiles around.
7 Pot Douglah
The flavor of the 7 Pot Douglah makes it incredibly worth trying out, as it is rather fruity initially but also has slight hints of nuttiness and a slight earthiness. These flavors spread all across the palette and it’s very pleasant!
Just make sure that you are prepared for the intense heat that this pepper offers up incredibly quickly. This pepper has an incredible 1,853,936 SHUs, which makes it light up your tastebuds almost immediately.
You should also beware of the fact that this pepper’s heat has the ability to linger for a very long period, so be prepared!
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
This is known as the second hottest pepper in the world, so you will definitely want to be prepared before biting into it.
The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion is another pepper that has a great fruity flavor that spreads across the mouth as soon as you take that first bite.
The flesh of the pepper is incredibly soft, especially when compared to other peppers that tend to have much more crunch.
This is also one of the most unique peppers in the world when it comes to how it delivers its heat experience.
When you first take a bite of it, the intensity of its heat does not seem bad at all, but as more and more time passes, the more intense the heat becomes.
This makes the heat particularly intense and long-lasting, so before you bite into this 2,009,231 SHU pepper, you best be prepared!
Carolina Reaper
This is one of the most famous peppers in the world, precisely because of how hot it is. With an SHU measurement of around 2,200,000, there are no peppers that can compare in terms of mind-blowing heat.
Despite this incredible and often overwhelming heat, the Carolina Reaper is actually incredibly sweet, and is described as having slight hints of cinnamon and chocolate flavor.
This makes it an incredibly strange and unique flavor experience.
As well as this, the Carolina Reaper is another pepper renowned for releasing its flavor slowly over time, as the heat slowly builds in your mouth, and then sticks in your throat for a very long time.
Just make sure you are ready to try this pepper out for yourself!
To Wrap Up
Though there are still plenty of other amazing peppers out there that we haven’t listed, these are easily some of the most interesting ones you will encounter.
Some of them have a very unique flavor and heat experience, and some of them are incredibly easy to grow, so why not try them for yourself?
Frequently Asked Questions
How Many Species Of Pepper Plants Are There?
There are currently over 600 varieties of pepper plants across the world!
What Is The Oldest Pepper Variety?
The oldest pepper variety is believed to be the Capsicum Pubescens, which has been growing for more than 5,000 years.
What Is The Cheapest Pepper?
The cheapest pepper in the world is the green bell pepper because it is simply an unripened red pepper, which makes it cheap to grow in high yields.
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