Chillies and peppers need potting on regularly to keep them growing strongly and prevent the plants from flowering too early, before they’ve established a strong framework of stems and leaves. Cold ...

Arundel Castle's head gardener Martin Duncan shares his top tips with Hannah Stephenson. If you've grown chillies this year and you're still harvesting them, you may want to know which chilli goes ...

How to sow seeds indoors, according to the experts - Top tips for new gardeners from those in the know ...

Chillies are not only tasty but easy to grow. They do well in pots so thrive on a sunny patio, balcony or windowsill. The Which? Gardening experts have grown-and-tasted 22 varieties of hot chillies ...

Chillies are exotic, colourful and fiery-looking plants that are very rewarding to grow at home. Not only are they enjoyable to eat for their hot and spicy flavour, but they are also incredibly easy ...

What’s not to like about chillies? They’re fabulous, fiery and addictive. Besides being the main ingredient of salsa, chillies can be added to salads (mild varieties), sauces, pasta, pizza and ...

With Spring just around the corner, Seed Pantry has launched a new Chilli Seeds Starter Pack for growing your own fresh chillies at home. Perfect for ‘grow your own’ fans, novice gardeners and chilli ...

The genus Capsicum, to which chillies belong, is in the same nightshade family (Solanaceae) as tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants and tobacco. From the five original Capsicum species, all from the Americas ...

CHILLI plants hail from warmer parts of South America. As a result, they aren’t natural candidates for growing in temperate countries like the UK, unless you have a greenhouse. But they also do well ...