Vitex (Chaste Tree)

The Facts

Height: 8′ – 10′
Spread: 5′ – 8′
Sun: Full Sun
Water: Medium
Soil: Well-Drained
Growth Rate: Fast

Vitex is a grand beauty throughout the Oklahoma landscape. One of the more attractive qualities is its versatile use. It can be kept in a more compact form as a shrub, trained as a single trunk tree or a stately multi-trunk tree. It makes a rather stunning addition to any yard or garden bed as it features aromatic, compound, palmate, grayish-green leaves with 5-7 lance-shaped leaflets (each leaflet to 6” long) and tiny, fragrant, lavender to pale violet flowers appearing in loose panicles (to 12” long) in mid to late summer. Flowers are quite attractive to butterflies. One thing is certain, you won’t be disappointed in this tree!