John Gerard, The Herbal, or General History of Plants, 1597. As a preface to this essay, I’ll save you the trouble of looking up “merry-galls” and tell you that they are sores which you might ...

The lovely lavender flowers of the chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus), a shrub native to the Mediterranean, produce small, dark fruits (berries) resembling peppercorns. Ancient European herbalists ...

Chaste tree (Vitex angus-cestus), also called chasteberry, with its striking lavender-blue flowers which appear on spikes in the fall, is the perfect heat-loving, drought-tolerant addition to an open ...

* What it is: Just about everyone short of discerning horticulturists thinks the chaste tree is a butterfly bush when they see one blooming this time of year. It’s easy to understand because chaste ...

Chaste tree is one of very few large, woody shrubs from the Mediterranean region that thrive in Central Florida. A deciduous species up to 20 feet tall if left unpruned, chaste tree (Vitex ...

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 ...

Chaste tree (vitex agnus-castus) has been putting on a show for several weeks. When the plant is covered with flowers, it's a real eye-catcher and generates a lot of interest. Chaste tree is native to ...

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, ...

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 ...