Growing Eggplant, also Aubergine

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04 Aug 16 Yoko (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi! I live in Brisbane. The eggplant I planted 2 years ago stil fruits all year and has become like a small tree. Can someone tell me about the other vegetable plants that you can leave and survive in Brisbane? The normal perennial such as rhubarb and asparagus are already in my garden. Something you tend to pull out thinking it is just an annual, but still survive as perennial in Brisbane?
27 Aug 16 Geoff (Australia - temperate climate)
Peppers and chillies and tomatoes are all from the same family as eggplant and can survive mild winters to deliver for several seasons.
09 Aug 16 Ann-Marie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I live near toowoomba so we get much colder winters than you. This year my san marzano tomatoes not just survived but fruited heavily all winter. This varity is the best tomato I've ever grown.
07 Aug 16 rad (Australia - temperate climate)
Eggplants are great I planted one last year and picked lots of big eggplants off it,it survived the cold weather and still growing strong and looks like a small tree now.same with my chilli plants two years old and still going strong
29 Dec 16 daisy brown (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, it is amazing to know an eggplant can survive winter. Do you grow the eggplant plant on the ground or in a pot?
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