Light Site your chaste tree in full sun, where it gets a minimum of 6 hours of direct sun each day. While it will grow with less sun, it will not flower nearly as well. Soil and Water ...

Q Can you tell me what this plant is? It is like a small tree and covered in purple blooms. The bees were going crazy. At ...

Q: Our 8-foot-tall chaste tree got zapped by the last freeze and looks pretty, bad but there are some green shoots. How far and when should we cut it back? A: No matter how bad it looks, your ...

Chaste trees produce showy, 5-to-7-inch spikes of small, lavender-blue flowers from late May through June in Louisiana with a second flush of flowers in July or early August.

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 of… ...

In our growing zone, chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) is a shrub that often dies back in the winter and re-emerges in spring; its profuse, purple-scented flowers are far from unassuming. “It&… ...

The chaste tree is a Mediterranean native, so it prefers life sunny and well-drained. Although it's drought-tolerant once established, it will grow faster with supplemental summer water.

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 agnus ...

Vitex, or lilac chaste tree, is native to Sicily and is a member of the verbena family. It was recognized by the Greeks for its medicinal properties and has been in cultivation in British gardens ...

The chaste tree's cone-shaped purplish-blue blooms are like a neon sign advertising nectar to hummingbirds and insects alike. While its scent doesn't match lilac's evocative fragrance, pollinators ...