RE: [CH] growing outside all the time
Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (PARKHURS@LEAVENWORTH.ARMY.MIL)
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:27:47 -0000
> the issue is more that the "standard" chillies are annuals
According to Dave DeWitt and Paul Bosland all chiles
are perennial. The Capsicum annuum (standard) chiles
were misnamed, as were the C. chinense (not really from
China). I have seen chiles referred to as tender perennials
in that they don't do well in areas where the winter is cold.
They are grown as annuals because it's easier/cheaper.
Scott... KCK