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 ...

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If you've admired the stunning display of purple flowers in the landscape in recent weeks, you've witnessed one of Louisiana's finest blooming small trees or large shrubs: the vitex, also known as the ...

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 ...