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 ...

In USDA zones 5 and 6, the chaste tree will die back in winter, then regrow in spring. But in zones 7 and 8, the tree is fully cold-hardy. With its branching gray trunks, it's worth adding to your ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...