Explore Kings Seeds' diverse range of high-quality chilli seeds, perfect for adding a fiery kick to your garden and plate. From mild to extra-hot varieties, our chilli seeds cater to every spice level. Choose from organic, heirloom and hybrid chilli seeds, including types like cayenne, jalapeno, habanero and more. As a 100% NZ-owned family business, Kings Seeds ensures premium quality and the largest certified organic range in NZ. Browse chilli seeds online at Kings Seeds and spice up your garden.
Chilli seeds can be sown indoors in New Zealand during late winter or early spring and planted out after the last frost in your location to ensure successful growth. Generally, the optimal time for sowing indoors is from August to October, and planting outdoors during October and November when the soil has warmed sufficiently. Seedlings will take around 6-8 weeks to be of a size for planting in the garden, so count back the weeks from your last frost and this is when you should sow your seed. Ensure chilli seedlings are planted into well-drained soil in a sunny spot to ensure fruit will ripen fully. By sowing your seed at the right time for your location you’ll soon have chillies ready to spice up your kitchen.
To germinate chilli seeds successfully, sow them into trays in warm, moist soil with good drainage. Chillies are heat-loving plants and the ideal temperature for germination is around 20-30°C, so using a heat pad to help achieve consistent warmth can be beneficial for germination. Once germinated, seedlings will take 6-8 weeks to grow to a size large enough for planting into your garden. Be sure to harden off seedlings before planting outdoors by gradually acclimatising them to outdoor conditions several hours a day building up. For specific growing instructions, refer to the online product information for each variety.
Chilli plants need full sun to thrive. These sun-loving plants require at least six to eight hours of direct sunlight each day for optimal growth. Chillies grown in well-lit areas produce more vibrant and flavourful fruit, making sunlight essential for healthy plants. When you grow chilli seeds from Kings Seeds, ensure they are placed in a sunny spot to maximise the yield and spice level.
Pea Greenfeast
Well known and very popular dwarf green pea for the home gardener. Growing to waist hei
Mustard Gai Choy
Possibly the most common mustard greens used in Chinese cuisine, served as a side dish
Organic Cucumber Marketmore
Slicing cucumber with crisp, cylindrical fruit averaging 15cm. Suitable for growing up
Mizuna Red Kingdom F1
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Tomato Indigo Pear Drops
Cherry tomato. A unique variety producing small, yellow, pear-shaped tomatoes with purp
Tomato Gold Nugget
Cherry tomato. Early to mature, the compact plants are great for small spaces and conta
Tomato Matt's Wild Cherry
Cherry tomato. From the wilds of Mexico, novel blueberry size fruit have full flavour s
Kale Noble
Known for its remarkable resilience and fast growth, a gentle frost not only enhances i
Organic Tomato Sean's Yellow
Highly rated dwarf, yellow tomato with firm juicy flesh and a delicious flavour. Standi
Viola Heartsease Miss Helen Mount
Old-fashioned, English wildflower with petite blooms in blue, purple and yellow. Excell
Organic Broccoli Raab Spring Rapini
Italian specialty, no central head but many tasty leaves and side shoots with green flo
Coriander Picante
A very popular herb for culinary use, all parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh
Gypsophila Virgo
Delicate stems and myriads of white, double blossoms add a delightful airy grace to any
Poppy Shirley Double Mix
Prolific flowering, double-petalled poppies in an array of shades with petals the textu
Helichrysum Swiss Giants
A classic mix of double-flowered, everlasting flowers in the full colour range. Harvest
Sunflower Autumn Beauty (treated seed)
Branching, long-stemmed sunflower with solid colour and bicolour flowers in rich earthy
Viola Edible Flower Mix
A colourful "rainbow" mix of mid-sized, round face types perfect for culinary use. Exce
Organic Rocket
Equally good on its own or in a salad, rocket has a distinctive slightly bitter and pep
Organic Beet Erbette
Selection of perpetual spinach, with a thinner stem and light-green leaf. An excellent
Borage
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Cucumber Homemade Pickles
Bred for pickling, these medium-green cucumbers have crisp flesh and excellent flavour.
Cress American Upland
A peppery herb very similar to watercress but much easier to grow. The plant yields dar
Cucumber Crystal Apple
Apple-size cucumber with sweet taste and crisp juicy flesh that can be eaten thin skin
Corn Salad Verte de Cambrai
Also known as lambs lettuce or mache, it deserves wider recognition as an ideal substit
Cauliflower Green Macerata
An attractive lime-green cauliflower with very good flavour that can be a nice change f
Forget-Me-Not Indigo Blue
A classic woodland plant that grows well in cool, shadier areas of the garden and wild
Poppy Flanders Red
Known as the Anzac poppy, single scarlet-red flowers for remembrance. Sow in drifts to
Organic Carrot Berlicum
Very sweet early bunching carrot. Similar to Scarlet Nantes with high sugar and crisp t
Organic Basil Sweet Genovese
A staple herb for home gardeners and our most popular basil for a reason - reliable, ar
Thyme English Winter
An essential in any herb garden. This variety has dark green broad leaves and is a basi
Kale Squire
This superior blue-curled type provides heavy yields of fine curled deep bluish-green l
Snow Pea Sugar Pod
A versatile snow pea variety that can be planted almost any time of the year. It is win
Stock Night Scented
Very few plants can match the exquisite fragrance on the warm night air in summer. The
Yarrow Common White
A medicinal herb used extensively over the centuries for various ailments including to
Collard Greens
A cold-hardy brassica, Collards are a
Lettuce Drunken Woman Fringed Head
Originating in Italy this heirloom variety is still a popular choice due to its reliabi
Sunflower Sunfill Purple F1 (treated seed)
A unique PRE-BLOOM, bouquet filler harvested when the buds are full, b
Sunflower Sunfill Green F1 (treated seed)
A unique PRE-BLOOM, bouquet filler harvested when the buds are full, b
Parsley Italian Flat Leaf
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Organic Dill
Popular culinary herb with classic flavour. Abundant foliage on strong stems, slow to b
Chives Broad Leaf
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Calendula Nova
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Chamomile German
A sweet variety of chamomile, German C
Cosmos Unique Mix
A popular mix which is a lucky dip of different colours, petal shapes and flower types.
Delphinium Magic Fountains Mix
Large, double flowers of blue, mauve, purple and white with varying centres of white or
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