Re: [CH] perennials????

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Sorry, but Peppers, like their relatives tomatoes just can't handle 
the cold. If temperatures go below freezing they'll croak with the 
possible exception of Rocotos which I've heard can handle 
temperatures a degree or two below freezing. They won't make it in an 
unheated greenhouse in zone 5.

Dave Anderson
Tough Love Chile Co.
http://www.tough-love.com
> 
> Some years ago, a couple of friends in FL grew some perennial peppers (4'
> bushes, tiny pale purple, white, yellow, mottled peppers) that I thought
> were strictly ornamental, until Andy made barbecue sauce with the evil
> things and used it on ribs.  Until then I hadn't known what they meant when
> they said the peppers would make a mockingbird fly backward (I was so young
> and naive then).  Now the question: are there any perennials available that
> will survive outside in the zone 5 winters of north central OH?  Or if
> potted, partially protected, in an unheated greenhouse, perhaps?  Sources?
> 
> Thanks, JC                       James Malcolm Campbell, Campbell Keep,
> Bucyrus, OH, USA
> 
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