Native to Southern Europe and Central Asia, the chaste tree quickly grows into a multi-trunked shrub 10 to 20 feet tall and wide with a broad, spreading habit. The flowers, upward-growing panicles up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jean Allsop Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree summer-blooming shrubby trees that attract a wide variety of ...

A large chaste tree grows just outside my window in the Brunswick County Botanical Garden. Since I started 4 years ago, it has reliably provided a show stopping display of purple flowers each summer ...

* What it is: Just about everyone short of discerning horticulturists thinks the chaste tree is a butterfly bush when they see one blooming this time of year. It’s easy to understand because chaste ...

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 ...

Chaste tree (Vitex angus-cestus), also called chasteberry, with its striking lavender-blue flowers which appear on spikes in the fall, is the perfect heat-loving, drought-tolerant addition to an open ...

As a nurseryman, I am occasionally asked: “What’s an attractive small tree that grows quickly and has lovely flowers?” That’s a short list, but one very fine candidate is the Mediterranean tree Vitex ...

One of the most brilliantly flowering woody plants at this time of year is presently in full bloom in my front yard. Known as ...

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 ...

Chaste tree is one of very few large, woody shrubs from the Mediterranean region that thrive in Central Florida. A deciduous species up to 20 feet tall if left unpruned, chaste tree (Vitex ...

Let's face it — the majority of people in the U.S. aren't able to enjoy colorful landscapes year-round. By the time winter gets into full swing, many trees have dropped their leaves, and flowers are a ...