Chaste tree| Vitex agnus-castus passionfruit crowded conditions

crowded conditions

Its distinctive leaves

The flowers are unlike any other milkweed: baseball-sized clusters of creamy greenish-white petals cupping upward around striking purple hoods

The long silver-green leaves catch the light beautifully and the catkins are among the earliest pollen sources available to bees coming out of winter

Chaste tree| Vitex agnus-castus passionfruit crowded conditionsShips well rooted in a 3. 5 x 9 inch deep tree pot. Few summer blooming trees can match chaste tree for sheer pollinator impact. From July through September the gap when most flowering trees have finished and fall hasn't started yet vitex throws up long, fragrant spikes of lavender blue flowers that bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds work relentlessly. The flowers have that soft, airy quality that photographs beautifully and stops people in their