VITEX, TEXAS LILAC, OR CHASTE TREE Deciduous large shrub or small tree with distinctive palmately compound leaves Profuse spikes of lavender flowers, blooming heavily in the early summer, and then sporadically throughout the summer and fall Vitex is heat, drought and pest tolerant
Vitex agnus-castus - Native Plant Society of Texas Vitex was introduced from Southern Europe and Western Asia Sometimes called Texas Lilac, it is neither a lilac nor from Texas Texas lilac is a marketing name only It is a sprawling small tree or large shrub, 10 – 20 feet high and wide Often grown as ornamental for its attractive purple flowers
Vitex (Texas Lilac) - HCMGA Vitex agnus-castus, commonly called Texas Lilac or chaste tree, is typically grown in warm winter climates as a vase-shaped, deciduous shrub (to 10-15′ tall) or trained as a single trunk tree to 20′ tall
Vitex - Wikipedia Vitex is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae containing about 210 species
Vitex agnus-castus Shoal Creek (Chaste Tree) - Gardenia Adding fresh, long-lasting color to the summer garden, Vitex agnus-castus ‘Shoal Creek’ (Chaste Tree) is a deciduous, vase-shaped shrub noted for its long blooming season and disease-resistant foliage