Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Vitex, 1 by Rocco

Rocco wrote:
I have a large chaste tree, vitex agnus-castus, that is about six years old. I have pruned only the shoots that grow from the limbs. Some of these grow to eight feet and are only about a half inch in diameter and grow straight up. This tree is one of my favorite ornamental trees. These trees produce thousands,if not tens of thousands, seeds. Trees are easily grown from seeds. I planted seeds in pots last spring and by mid summer they were about two feet tall. I transplanted one to the yard and it bloomed! My chaste tree attracts bumblebees by the hundreds,no humming birds,butterflies or any other critters, just bumblebees.