Rare Pepper Seeds Canada
Explore peppers with distinctive flavours, shapes and colours: fruity ajis, thick-fleshed rocotos, striped pods and very hot varieties. Choose each one for what you want to grow and cook.
Choose something you will enjoy cooking.
An unusual pepper earns its place through flavour, texture, appearance or a particular recipe. Compare the individual variety’s heat and growing notes before adding it to your garden.
Start with a kitchen use: fruity sauces and salsas, roasted or stuffed peppers, dried seasoning, or colourful edible plants. Then check whether your growing space and season suit the variety.
Aji Amarillo offers fruity flavour for sauces and pastes. The name “aji” is used for peppers from more than one species; compare each listing rather than assuming they grow or taste alike.
Explore Aji AmarilloRocotos have thick flesh and dark seeds. Explore them for cooked sauces and stuffed dishes, and allow for their longer growing season.
Explore Rocoto YellowChoricero is a sweet pepper associated with Basque cooking, used dried and rehydrated for sauces. Choose a variety for a recipe you want to make.
Explore ChoriceroBrazilian Starfish brings a distinctive star-shaped pod and fruity heat. Striped pods and variegated plants offer other ways to add variety; appearance alone does not tell you the heat level.
Explore Brazilian StarfishGive every pepper a purpose.
Build a small selection around your recipes, available space and local growing season.
Guides for your next pepper selection.
Compare Aji Amarillo, Aji Fantasy and Aji Cachucha by flavour, heat and kitchen use.
Read the guideExplore pepper colours and shapes alongside flavour and heat.
Read the guideFind a starting point, then check the requirements of each variety you choose.
Read the guideStart a varied pepper patch.
The Rare Pepper Collector Pack contains Aji Amarillo, Charapita, Rocoto Yellow and Brazilian Starfish: four varieties to compare for flavour, shape and kitchen use. Check the pack listing for current availability.
Choosing rare pepper seeds.
Here, rare describes distinctive or less familiar varieties, including unusual shapes, colours and culinary uses. It is not a certification of scarcity or a promise that a variety is exclusive to Casa Verde.
Difficulty depends on the variety and your conditions. Compare growing time, plant size and light requirements. A distinctive shape or colour does not by itself make a pepper difficult to grow.
Start with the dish: Aji Amarillo for fruity sauces, Choricero for dried-pepper sauces, or rocotos for cooked sauces and stuffing. Check each listing’s heat before choosing.
Plan backward from a suitable outdoor transplant date for your location, using the variety’s growing notes. Start indoors with adequate warmth and light, and allow more time for slow-growing varieties. A single sowing date does not suit every pepper or Canadian region.
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