Chaste tree, also commonly called chasteberry, vitex, or lilac chastetree, is a shrub or small tree that bears clusters of purple flowers in the summer. This plant prefers warm temperatures and ...

How to Propagate a Chaste Tree Chaste trees root easily from softwood cuttings taken in late spring or early summer. Take ...

Chaste tree is one of very few large, ... As with crape myrtles, propagate with softwood cuttings in summer and hardwood cuttings in winter. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

The chaste tree makes an attractive specimen as your landscape bed’s centerpiece or in a large container on the deck. Easy-to-grow, drought resistant and attractive to butterflies and bees, Vitex… ...

Chaste tree provides piney aroma. ... Summer has begun, which means that our prime season for most kinds of plant propagation has arrived. Whether seeds, cuttings or air and ground layers, ...

It's also called chaste tree, so named because it was associated with ancient Greek festivals, and in Rome, virgins carried twigs of it to symbolize chastity.

Scientific name: Vitex agnus-castus Growth habit: A multitrunk, deciduous, rounded large shrub to small tree growing to 12 feet tall and wide. The leaves are compound with 5 to 7 leaflets, gray to ...

Chaste tree ( vitex agnus-castus ) has been putting on a show for several weeks. When the plant is covered with flowers, it's a real eye-catcher and generates a lot of interest.

How to Propagate a Chaste Tree Chaste trees root easily from softwood cuttings taken in late spring or early summer. Take cuttings four to six inches long, remove any flower buds and the bottom ...

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 ...