Shrubs - Vitex (Chaste)

Vitex are summer welcoming lilac-like flowers. If you’re longing for bright cheery lilac blooms like they had in the Midwest or northeast, this is the best option, since they are durable to both heat and drought, unlike true lilacs. These are large shrubs to small multi-trunked deciduous trees with attractive dark green pointed palmate leaves and long wide spikes of bright blue to lilac-colored flowers. These heat loving plants are often the last plants to leaf out in spring, waiting until the nighttime temperatures are quite warm to do so, but shortly after leafing out, masses of blooms form to cover the plants in spikes of bright blue. Moderate to fast growing which makes them easy to trim and train into spectacular individual specimens or planted as shrubs with narrow spacing to create a more formal hedge or dense, woody barrier. Adaptable, easy-to-grow with minimal maintenance.

These flowers are beautiful and attract bees, lots of butterflies and hummingbirds around the nursery. 

Scientific name: Vitex agnus-castus

Mature size:  up to 20 ft. high x 10 ft. wide

Sun:  Full sun