Provide water during the winter only if there's been a prolonged period of dry.

12 rowsJul 03, Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus) is a deciduous shrub that bears clusters of purple flowers in the Botanical Name: Vitex agnus-castus. May 10, Even if you’ve never pruned a tree or shrub before, you can prune a chaste tree. These trees are very forgiving and quickly grow back to cover mistakes. In fact, you can cut off the entire tree at ground level and it will regrow at an astonishing pace.

How to Prune a Chaste Tree. In spring and summer, clip off the spent flowers before they have a chance to go to treegrinding.barted Reading Time: 2 mins. Jun 06, Chaste tree does need regular pruning to stay tidy. Cut off the first spent flowers in summer to get a second crop. In winter, clean out the center of the tree, removing all side branches and twiggy growth from the main four or five trunks. Or cut the whole tree to the ground.

It will grow back quickly and bloom by treegrinding.bar: Steve Bender. Oct 05, After the first flowering cycle in late spring or early summer, spent flower stems can be snipped off before they start to form seeds.

To remove a spent flower from your chaste tree, simple use bypass pruners to make your cut at the base of the flower stem. If you allow your chaste tree to grow to full size, deadheading becomes impractical. Beautifully cut medium green deeply cut lacy foliage that is reminiscent of the delicately cut foliage of some Japanese Maples adorns this vigorous 'Chaste Tree'." spikes of lavender-pink flowers that attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees are borne in summer.

Small, lightly fragrant, lilac to dark blue flowers in 6- to 12 inches spikes appear at branch ends and leaf joints in summer. Blooms come on new growth, so prune in late winter, removing twiggy growth and crowded branches. If you remove spent flowers before seeds. Flora Ann Pink Chaste Tree is a soft and gentle Vitex bush clearing fort worth features aromatic, grey-­green foliage and large panicles of bright pink flowers that appear spring through fall.

It is a drought tolerant, sun loving, small, single or multitrunked tree and can also be cut back hard once a year to form a dense shrub. View Available Similar Plants. Dec 09, Vitex tree (also named chaste tree) is a large type of shrub or small tree with attractive spikes of lavender-colored flowers that bloom in summer. Vitex shrubs and trees are commonly called the chaste tree, chasteberry, monk’s pepper, or simply vitex. Vitex trees grow best as tall flowering shrubs in warm, sunny treegrinding.barted Reading Time: 9 mins.

Apr 26, Vitex (chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus) blooms from late spring until early fall with long, upright spikes of pink, lilac, and white flowers. Any shrub or tree that blooms all summer is well worth planting, but when it also has pleasantly fragrant flowers and foliage, it becomes a must-have plant.