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 ...
Summer is the time hazy purplish clouds of eye-popping blooms blanket the chaste tree, Redlands’ the tree of the month for August. Also commonly known as chaste berry, monk’s pepper or Indian spice, ...
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 flowers, ...