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

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 (Vitex agnus-castus) is a large shrub native to the Mediterranean and Asia. It can grow 10 to 15 feet tall and has lots of stems, so it’s actually more like a tree.

Both flowers and leaves have a distinct spicy fragrance. 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 ...

Sean O'Brien, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, takes a look at how beech leaf disease spreads and the signs to help you ...

An apple may not fall far from the tree, but for a leaf, it depends on its shape. Elm or apple leaves — oval and symmetrical, with few protruding lobes — fall quickly, making them likely to ...

Vitex trees’ trunks are gnarly and nasty. Honestly, though, that can make for an interesting look in your landscape. Sometimes “gnarly” and “nasty” blend right in.

Both flowers and leaves have a distinct spicy fragrance. Hailing from Europe and parts of Asia, the chaste tree is most often ...

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 ...