Native to Southern Europe and Central Asia, the chaste tree quickly grows into a multi-trunked shrub 10 to 20 feet tall and wide with a broad, spreading habit. The flowers, upward-growing panicles up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jean Allsop Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree summer-blooming shrubby trees that attract a wide variety of ...

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 ...

June is the month for summer lilac, or chaste tree, to bloom. Unfortunately we Southerners can't have much success with lilacs, but the chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) provides the beautiful blue ...

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 ...

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, ...

The scientific name Vitex agnus castus comes from the Greek agnus castus, meaning "chaste", the now common name for the Chaste Tree and one that suggests this plant’s interesting historical use.

Summer is the time hazy purplish clouds of eye-popping blooms blanket the chaste tree, Redlands’ the tree of the month for August. Also commonly known as chaste berry, monk’s pepper or Indian spice, ...