It's a perennial, but not frost tolerant.. I need to cut mine back..I think if you're anywhere but the gulf coast, it should be protected, or brought indoors.
“I think if you’re anywhere but the gulf coast, it should be protected, or brought indoors.”
I’m about 40 miles north from Houston. We get maybe two freezes in the winter but they only last a day or two. I’ll plant the Stevia in a grow bag and if a freeze comes, I’ll move the bag onto the lower deck just outside my back door and there is a roof over that deck and I’ll cover it as well so it should be fine. Some winters we don’t even get one freeze.