From Wikipedia:

"Like all C. frutescens cultivars, the tabasco plant has a typical bushy growth, which commercial cultivation makes stronger by trimming the plants."

Now whether this clssifies it as a tree or a bush I don't know. But I would guess that the tabasco, as well as other pepper plants are bushes. I'm sure others will contribute their thoughts.

Greg
Southern Nevada

Wikipedia is unvetted crap......

It would fall into the classification of a shrub because of the multiple woody stems, but they usually don't live long enough to be more than a bushy annual.

Thanks everyone for all the responses. As long as it is not a tree, I'm in the clear.

Hmmmm, do pepper plants really die within 12 months?

Rudy

They live for many many years, I have quite a few that are in pots, bring them in in the winter. They are over 8 years old and going strong.
mark :)

All chiles are perennial.
They are just tender to frost and freeze.

Josh

Whew Thanks. Well I'm in Los Angeles, CA. :) Winter here is about 60F. :) Although at night it will drop all the way down to low 50F. But something tells me that's OK.

Back to reading the archives for this forum, to find the trimming strategies for my guy.

Huge thanks to all of you and have a great week.
Rudy

no plants such as rocoto can live for mny years
i heard of a chiltepin that is 6 ft tall or better and 50 years old it has a base stem of 2 1/2 inches

most other will live around 3 years from what i can gather

hope this helps
thanks your friend joe

Thanks Joe, that sounds great. I snapped some photos of my guy a couple of days ago. Will try to find a sight to upload them to so I can post them here.

IMO, photobucket works well for uploading photos to this site. You'll have the option of putting the photo directly into the message or linking to it. It's worked well for me in the past, and best of all, it's free to use.

*note: I am not endorsing one photo site over another, just offering a suggestion to help you post pics for this forum.

Mike

OK Here's my guy. :) Thanks Mike. I don't seem to have the option of including the image in the message, :( so I guess I'll just link to it.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1242172}}

kosherbaker -

Here's the picture of your pepper plant using Photobucket.

Greg

Thanks Greg maybe there's a restriction on who can include pictures inline. Perhaps based on the number of posts or something.

Anyway, if you guys have suggestions about trimming, propping or anything else to make my guy more fruitful, I'm all ears. :) That really was the reason for posting the picture.

There are no restrictions like that.
You simply paste the html code directly into this Message box.....

Josh

Hi Rudy, this is Diana who lives along the street from you on Amherst. You contacted be about trading but I don't see a place here to contact you via email. I need to update my trade list as I have more things to trade + am interested in more things. I don't suppose you have any French Marigold or Chamomile plants that I can trade for a division of? Even if you don't, if in general you're interested in meeting a new neighbor and trading, contact me and I'll update my trade list as well. jAlso, do you know about the West LA Rare Fruit Growers Chapter/Meetings? Many of these people grow other rare edibles as well, there is much gifting + trading; + Feb is a big annual meeting where they teach grafting + give away budwood I believe. Meetings alternate between being hosted at people's places who have very large/extensive gardens, and being hosted at a community center( the garden meetings or 'field trips' I think are the best). 1/8 will be a meeting around pruning at a garden in Beverly Hills, West LA meetings are free to attend whether you're a member or not. One gets to taste and acquire plants that you cannot find anywhere. I plan to be at the 1/8 meeting if I'm not delayed getting back from a trip. The West LA Chapter has no website but they'll send nonmembers a newsletter for a couple of months if you contact them thru the national website http://www.crfg Best wishes, happy holidays, + happy Birthday to you in advance :)