Chastetree - Gardening Place

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - The Chastetree has begun flowering, and its brilliant blooms are causing many to stop and take notice. The native range of Chastetree is the low woodlands of southern Europe and ... 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 needs full sunlight to thrive, though it tolerates most soils. Vitex agnus-castus (also called vitex, chaste tree / chastetree, chasteberry, Abraham's balm, [1] lilac chastetree, [2] or monk's pepper) is a plant native of the Mediterranean region. Chastetree (Vitex agnus-castus) is a deciduous (loses its leaves in the fall), multi-trunked shrub or small tree native to southern Europe and western Asia. It is an excellent selection for southern landscapes in USDA zones 7 to 9 but will have cold damage or be killed to the ground in USDA zones 6 and colder.

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