Carolina Reaper Plants - Live Reaper Seedlings

These Reaper Pepper Seedlings were carefully grown from seed in our greenhouse and are guaranteed to arrive alive and healthy.

Shipping Note: All live plant orders will be shipped within 2-3 business days after ordering, weather permitting. If you would like your plants to be shipped on a certain day, please indicate that in your order notes upon checkout. 

We cannot ship live plants to Texas and New Jersey due to the Department of Agriculture forbidding invasive species to come into their state by mail.

Carolina Reaper Plant Info

Species: Capsicum Chinense  

Heat Level:  1,641,000 - 2.2 Million Scoville Heat Units

Type: Extremely Hot

Seedling Age:  3-4 Months

Seedling Size: 3-8 Inches Tall

In 2013, The Guinness Book of World Records declared the Carolina Reaper as the World’s Hottest Pepper. Talk about some reputation! Our Carolina Reaper plants produce peppers with average heat levels of 1,641,000 Scoville Heat Units, BUT individual peppers have been known to reach up to 2,000,000-2,200,000 Scoville Heat Units. Double Ouch

The Carolina Reaper plant is relatively easy to grow, with peppers that grow beautiful red peppers with rough bumpy skins and long stingers. For a few seconds, you will taste tones of sweet fruitiness and undertones of chocolate and cherries…but then the blinding heat kicks in. You will never be bored with this fan-favorite pepper as you will notice that each Reaper pepper has a unique taste, nutritional profile, pod shape, and plant growth. This pepper is a great value because a little goes a long way; a quarter pod will heat a full pot of chili or spaghetti sauce. The best part about dehydrating peppers is the ability to enjoy them year-round! 

Looking for the seeds instead?  Buy Carolina Reaper Seeds here!   

Check out our other pepper plant varieties to find the plants you want to grow in your garden, including Chocolate Carolina Reaper Plants.

WARNING: Plants adjust to small, gradual changes in their environment better than sudden shifts, which is what the hardening off process is all about. Just as you get burned when you bare your untanned skin to the sun, leaves of plants started indoors will develop pale, sunburned patches if they are suddenly exposed to too much sun. The story has a happier ending when you introduce seedlings to bright light and sheltered breezes gradually, over a period of one to three weeks. Read more information on how to harden off and transplant pepper plants in 6 steps.