I almost always find plant names fascinating. Vitex goes by the names chaste tree and monk's pepper. Both stem from its long use in Europe, where it is native, as a medicinal herb to lower the ...

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 ...

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 author noted that ...

Actually, there can’t be anything better than the imagery of a hand to describe a part of it, as this plant is said ... away.” Vitex negundo is a small-sized tree, and with regular and careful ...

True to its name, the chaste tree is ... Louisiana Super Plant selection, known for its lighter purple flowers. A couple of dwarf cultivars are Delta Blues and Blue Puffball. Vitex trees should ...

The deciduous tree grows up to 20 feet. If you want your vitex to look like a tree, pick a plant that has one to three trunks. They prefer to grow as shrubs with many stalks and side branches ...

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 ...