THE lilac chaste tree, or vitex, is seeing a revival of this great, old-fashioned plant, which some consider a small tree and others describe as a large shrub. Known botanically as Vitex agnus-castus, ...

SALISBURY — One of the most difficult yet interesting things about moving from one geographic area to another is learning about landscape shrubs, trees and flowers which are hardy and easy to care for ...

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 ...

When I was a kid growing up in College Station, there were grandmas around town that told me how their grandmas grew vitex on their old farmsteads in Texas. Now friend, that’s going back a long time.

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 ...

As a nurseryman, I am occasionally asked: “What’s an attractive small tree that grows quickly and has lovely flowers?” That’s a short list, but one very fine candidate is the Mediterranean tree Vitex ...

Purple is popping out all over Houston. The vitex tree is having its moment. Vitex agnus-castus has many common names, including chaste tree, Texas lilac, lavender tree — even hemp tree for 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 ...

Looking out the window to our front yard, the vast expanse of green lawn that once was the venue for Easter Egg Hunts, whiffle ball competitions and croquet is just a memory now. My wife and I have ...

Golden Raintree is shown in full bloom in front of a Metroplex home. Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram When the topic turns to flowering trees and shrubs, people generally think of redbuds, ...