Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree summer-blooming shrubby trees that attract a wide variety of pollinators. It’s a fast grower that produces dense, upright panicles of flowers, ...

Question. A chaste tree has been recommended for my landscape. Does it grow well in Central Florida? Answer. Get ready for some great blue flowers for late spring and summer from the chaste tree, also ...

On this week’s episode of Ask Grumpy Steve Bender, also known as Southern Living's Grumpy Gardener, talks about the chaste tree, which is a beautiful blooming blue that bumble bees love. Plus, he ...

If you've admired the stunning display of purple flowers in the landscape in recent weeks, you've witnessed one of Louisiana's finest blooming small trees or large shrubs: the vitex, also known as the ...

John Gerard, The Herbal, or General History of Plants, 1597. As a preface to this essay, I’ll save you the trouble of looking up “merry-galls” and tell you that they are sores which you might ...

Q: In a recent column there was a question asked about pruning a chaste tree. You responded with it being a vitex. I was afraid I had pruned mine too much. It had a lot of dead wood, but it looks like ...

Q: I planted a 6-foot chaste tree in the spring in my garden area. The tree had some blooms on it at the time. It has prospered, sending off new branches and leaves. It is loaded with berries, but the ...

Q: Can you tell me if these are vitex (see reader's photo)? When should they be trimmed? They grow fast! A: Yes, the plants in question are vitex, commonly called chaste trees. They are usually grown ...

Right now in eastern North Carolina landscapes, a lovely and underused small, deciduous, ornamental tree or shrub, Vitex agnus-castus, chaste tree, vitex, or lilac chaste tree, is blooming. Chaste ...

And there she was. As my wife and I rounded the corner heading toward our son’s house in McKinney to pick up two of our grandsons this past Sunday afternoon, this radiant beauty called out my name.

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