Growing many different types of Capsicum species and developing the Sugar Rush Peach and Cream chilli lines.
15/04/2025
1st flowers of the year open, busy time with seedlings galore. Still time to sow seeds in time for this year, about to do a sweet pepper tray myself :)
Seed planting time is now still have some seed stick left of these new types I added recently - Sugar Rush White and the 1st of the large Olive Rocotos I've been developing for several years. Free extras given with every order :) 🔥🌶🏴
At last, tonight I shall be released one of the large Olive Rocoto cultivars I've been developing for years. The 1st of several am working on, a bit hotter than the mini version, turns a different shade of green when ripe and comes off the calyx too like a wild pepper 🏴🔥🌶
Anyone who currently orders C. Flexuosum seeds gets fresh C. Friburgense for free with the extras. My Flexuosum trees are now over 10 years old and probably the biggest/oldest capsicum plants in the UK, as far as I know! 🏴🇧🇷🌶️
Crazy mild here for December - 13C today!!! Waiting on a few things ripening, Mini Olives and the 1st of the large Olive Rocotos which have been in development for years :)
29/11/2024
Back to mild weather which is a great help re. ripening up what's left of the ripe crop :)
26/11/2024
New cultivars added to my seed store yesterday, including the new Sugar Rush White. Free extras given with every order 🏴🌶️
Seed saving for 2024 continues due to the broken grow season we had here in South Wales. Mild weather is a blessing to help pods ripen, never known a grow season so late! Will very soon be adding some new types to my seed shop, including the newest member of the SRP family - Sugar Rush White. Medium heat and great flavour similar to Peppacream, which has just gained stripes too!
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Growing Chilli Peppers in South Wales Since 2008
Chris Fowler (Welsh Dragon Chilli) began to grow chillies in a quest to taste fresh jalapeño’s in 2004. His first plants were grown at home in his conservatory, and soon Numex Twilight, Ring of Fire, Padron and Chocolate Habanero Andrew plants expanded the varieties grown.
A visit to the 2006 Chilli Festival in Sussex with a huge array of chillies and chilli sauces meant that there was no turning back...
The conservatory quickly became too small and so Chris decided that he had to expand into a polytunnel and set up a business producing chilli sauces - particularly sauces made with jalapeño - and Welsh Dragon Chilli was born.
Keen to expand his range he took to the internet and bought seeds from all over the world for more varieties, including the super hot Trinidad Scorpion chilli. The collection also expanded with the help of seed donations from friends.
The range of chilli sauces has also expanded, and reviews from happy consumers can be found on Youtube.
In 2014, the polytunnel moved to its present location at Cefn Mably Farm Park and added other fruits and vegetables
Growing many different chillies together results in cross pollination... The results include new varieties such as the Sugar Rush, Sugar Rush Cream and a very twisty version of the Sugar Rush Peach. He now has the largest collection of different Capsicums in Wales.
Chris sells seeds to other chilli enthusiasts and now the general public as well as a range of chilli sauces. He’s a regular at the Riverside Farmers Market in Cardiff.