I overwintered several peppers last winter. Just be prepared for some stressed plants (from not enough light, unless you plan on investing in some heavy duty lighting) and the issues that come with that (namely aphids for the first month or two), but other than that they do just fine. Put 'em in a sunny window or get some florescent grow lights and they'll survive. You can even do this to them to make them into attractive houseplants during the winter too. http://www.fatalii.net/growing/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=105

For anyone who's interested, i got a luxmeter and found they were only getting 8,000 lumens. I bought a compact fluoro and a clamp lamp and they're now getting 30,000 lumens. The plants are taking off and growing well. -t

Baccatums I grew this year were Lemon Drop, Aji Amarillo, Birgit's Locoto, Aji Santa Cruz, Bulgarian Teardrop, Brazilian Starfish and Aji Habanero. BRAZILIAN STARFISH I'll probably photograph today, and then taste it for the first time. Real real late the pods started ripening a lot at once. LEMON DROP and BIRGIT'S LOCOTO are my favorites for looks and flavor. Birgit's is the most productive variety I've seen. In fact, I'm no longer gonna' grow Serranos as my workhorse (eat 'em unripe) pepper, because the unripe Birgit's tastes better and is much more plentiful. And when they ripen, they taste just as great as Lemon Drops, or better. AJI HABANERO has a really beautiful pod, slightly larger and oranger than Lemon Drop. There's practically zero heat, repeat: practically zero heat. I'll grow it again next year because I'd miss not having it around. BULGARIAN TEARDROP was the very first pepper plant to start looking nice in my garden. The pods developed a nice pumpkin shape early, and were an off-white color for a long time before turning orange. When I gave little bags of peppers to friends, the Bulgarian Teardrops were the most elegant in the bunch. AJI AMARILLO I grew a different strain from last year, and the new ones have humongous pods that still haven't ripened. AJI SANTA CRUZ I grew at a location far from my house, where I never managed to commute to often enough. None of the peppers I grew there came out well, but I did harvest some Aji Santa Cruz's and one thing I'll say is the pods do grow big, with grooves like an Asian cucumber. Several people traded or gave me seeds for most of these, and I thank them and hope they read this.

Vitex smells like Pepper? The foliage sure doesn't, but that doesn't mean the seeds don't. I've never heard of it being called "Monk's Pepper." That's a new one for me. That's what makes common names so interesting. Now I'm going to have to crush a vitex seed and smell it. I love the smell of pepper. I've heard of a Brazilian Pepper Tree, which is considered a noxious weed in the areas that don't freeze, but I don't know if it looks anything like what you described. It's probably something different. Here is a link that might be useful: Brazilian Pepper Tree