Choices among shrubs are Indian hawthorn and oleander; and, among small trees, crape myrtle -- and the lovely vitex. Vitex, or chaste tree Lavender-blue is a welcome color in the landscape.

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

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 i… ...

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 ...

Vitex trees should be planted in full sun for the best blooms, but they also do well in partial shade. They are typically winter hardy in USDA zones 6 to 9.

Magnolia, especially the southern grandiflora species (7-9), is another highly aromatic shrub or tree that puts forth large, sweetly fragranced flowers you’re not likely to forget. The more cold-hardy ...

It doesn't get much better than walking out into your garden and getting a hit of fragrance from a beautiful tree, especially ...

Vitex works through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, a system that regulates the interactions among hormones, including estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and luteinizing hormone ...