Vitex Species, Chaste Tree, Chasteberry, Lilac Chaste Tree, Monk's Pepper (Vitex agnus-castus)


a view to show how vast this plant can be!!!!
Dubai UAE zone 11
May 2003

Dubai UAE zone 11
June 2003

Picture taken in Spring 2003, Summerville, SC (USDA Zone 8a)



The fruits are small round wood-like structures.


I placed my car in the photo to provide a perspective to gauge the size of the specimen.

The blooms up close and beautiful.

A specimen of the white bloomer that is not as plentiful in my area as the bluish lavender species.

A view of the blooms of the white blooming variety.

A view of the seeds.

White flowered Chaste tree (this is a young plant)


Growing in Devon Garden Blenheim NZ

I got it as a sappling last October from the treefolks in Austin, TX. It is just a baby plant so far but I just love the foliage.

I just planted this one last fall. About 2 1/2 feet in the pic.

Vitex seeds I collected last fall. They smell soooo good.


Newly planted vitex.

Awesome plant, and the hummers seem to LOVE them too!!

June 2007

Pictured here with a visiting Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly...

Six year old tree thriving in northern NJ

'Texas Lilac' Vitex

Can be kept low as 24" or let it grow to 20 ft.


Very sucessfully grown in Calabash, NC and makes a beautiful boundry planting. Can be trimed way back in the fall

Denver Botanic Gardens 09/01/09.

Denver Botanic Gardens 09/01/09.

Denver Botanic Gardens 09/01/09.

bees and hummers LOVE this tree !

Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle WA

Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle WA

This is a seedling from one of my lavander vitex trees and is pale pink, almost white.

Flower detail October 2012

A lovely summer display in a Katikati street frontage private garden, just south of Waihi, New Zealand

Leaf detail

Close leaf detail

The beautiful bloom

The flowering spray habit

Buds just opening

Vitex in Tomball Texas is watered with a drip system. It is about 7' tall and 12' wide. It is a few years old.

Young plant blooming in mid July. Washington, Utah, United States
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Vitex Species, Chaste Tree, Chasteberry, Lilac Chaste Tree, Monk's Pepper
Vitex agnus-castus
Type: | Shrubs, Trees |
Height: | 12-20 ft. | 3.6-6 m |
Conditions: | Zone 6-9, Full Sun, Sun to Partial Shade |