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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In wet soils, the chaste tree can suffer from dieback and root rot and occasionally get leaf spot. But it has no major pest concerns. Allowed to grow naturally, vitex will generally form a large ...

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 ...

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Hailing from Europe and parts of Asia, the chaste tree is most often grown as a large, multi-stemmed shrub but can be pruned to a single-trunk, 20- to 30-foot tree. Several varieties have a more ...

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 ...