Growing Eggplant, also Aubergine

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28 Oct 13 Jim Petterson (USA - Zone 7a climate)
Is egplant perennial in zone 7a Charlotte NC
13 Nov 20 CAD (USA - Zone 10b climate)
Jim, if grown outdoors, eggplants are annuals in North Carolina. NC gets some tropical-feeling summer weather, but the winter frost and snow would keep eggplant from being a perennial in that climate. It's an annual here in zone 10b too!
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