Invasive Plant. In warm climates such as Texas, the chaste tree has escaped cultivation and is considered to have invasive tendencies. How and When to a Plant Chaste Tree ...

Chaste tree is considered to have invasive tendencies in some southern states such as Texas, where it has been used extensively for landscaping, gradually naturalizing into surrounding areas.

Chaste tree, also known as vitex, is simple in ease of care but is far from being plain. ... Some people consider it invasive because the seeds may colonize nearby landscape beds and become weedy.

Chaste trees produce showy, 5-to-7-inch spikes of small, ... While vitex is a nonnative species and can be considered invasive due to its seeds colonizing nearby landscape beds, ...

Some people call is a chaste tree; others know it as vitex. Whatever you call it, this gorgeous tree is blooming all across the state at this time of year. Vitex produces small lavender-blue ...

So it's not surprising that mimosa is a category 1 invasive plant according to the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council and is also on the invasive list for UF/IFAS. ... crapemyrtle or chaste tree. ...

Vitex agnus-castus has many common names, including chaste tree, Texas lilac, lavender tree — even hemp tree for the palmate shape of its leaves. It not only draws the gardener’s attention ...

The chaste tree is deciduous which means it loses its leaves and goes dormant during the winter. Some pruning will be needed each year to reshape this shrub and remove twiggy growths.

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 ...

Chaste trees produce showy, 5-to-7-inch spikes of small, ... While vitex is a nonnative species and can be considered invasive due to its seeds colonizing nearby landscape beds, ...