Linda, I'm going to give it a shot, The plants are really big now, and they have had several nights in the 20's and it hasn't killed them. I'm planning to mulch them with straw and see if they will make the winter. I left one bloom hoping to harvest some seeds, but it got cold to quick, and it didn't develop fully. One of my plants got attacked by aphids, and I didn't catch it right away, and it killed it. Otherwise the rest are still alive.