> I've heard they're much hardier than other varietals C. pubescens prefers cooler climate than the other 4 domesticated species of Capsicum, and rocotos do indeed do best of these 5 in cool or even cold weather. But, in my experience, they are not particularly hardy to actual frost. I think C. baccatum may be the hardiest I've grown in the sense of living through and productively recovering from frost. --- Brent