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 ...

I never knew a purple vitex, sometimes called chaste tree, could bring so many butterflies and bees to a yard.Glenn Baum, tree and shrubs expert at Mcdonald Garden Center in Hampton, promised me ...

Chaste tree, also known as vitex, is simple in ease of care but is far from being plain. The plant’s name finds its origin in a Roman book titled “Naturalis Historia.” ...

The popular Vitex agnus-castus'Montrose Purple' has showy spikes. It's also called chaste tree, so named because it was associated with ancient Greek festivals, and in Rome, virgins carried twigs ...

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In wet soils, chaste trees can suffer from dieback and root rot and occasionally get leaf spots but have no major pest concerns. When allowed to grow naturally, vitex will generally form a large ...

Vitex is also called Chaste tree, Chasteberry, Abraham’s Balm or Monk’s Pepper. This shrub is native to Europe and Central Asia but is happy to thrive in Rowan County.

With a name like chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus), you would expect an understated tree that likes to blend in. But it’s a teaser. In our growing zone, chaste tree is actually a shrub that often ...

Some people call is a chaste tree; others know it as vitex. Whatever you call it, this gorgeous tree is blooming all across the state at this time of year. Vitex produces small lavender-blue ...