A large chaste tree grows just outside my window in the Brunswick County Botanical Garden. Since I started 4 years ago, it has reliably provided a show stopping display of purple flowers each summer ...

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 flowers, ...

Question. A chaste tree has been recommended for my landscape. Does it grow well in Central Florida? Answer. Get ready for some great blue flowers for late spring and summer from the chaste tree, also ...

SALISBURY — One of the most difficult yet interesting things about moving from one geographic area to another is learning about landscape shrubs, trees and flowers which are hardy and easy to care for ...

Chaste tree (Vitex angus-cestus), also called chasteberry, with its striking lavender-blue flowers which appear on spikes in the fall, is the perfect heat-loving, drought-tolerant addition to an open ...

The shrubs are blooming and the trees are bursting—you know what time it is. Summertime brings gorgeous flowers, lush leaves, and bright colors in every corner of the garden. Seeing all the vibrant ...

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word chaste as without unnecessary ornamentation; simple or restrained. Chaste tree, also known as vitex, is simple in ease of care but is far from being ...

Right now in eastern North Carolina landscapes, a lovely and underused small, deciduous, ornamental tree or shrub, Vitex agnus-castus, chaste tree, vitex, or lilac chaste tree, is blooming. Chaste ...

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 dies ...