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Blue Diddley® Chastetree Vitex agnus-castus

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Summer
Mature Size
6' 6' 1.8m 1.8m
Height: 3' - 6'
Spread: 3' - 6'
Height: 91cm - 1.8m
Spread: 91cm - 1.8m
  • Details

    36 - 72 Inches
    36 - 84 Inches
    36 - 72 Inches
    91cm - 1.8m
    91cm - 2.1m
    91cm - 1.8m

    Features

    Blue summer flowers on a compact plant.

    Heat Tolerant
    Small or Miniature

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    36 - 72 Inches 91cm - 1.8m
    Spacing: 
    36 - 84 Inches 91cm - 2.1m
    Spread: 
    36 - 72 Inches 91cm - 1.8m
    Flower Colors: 
    Blue
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    New Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Mid Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Summer
    Hardiness Zones: 
    5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
    Heat Zones: 
    9
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    A delightful addition to mixed borders and perennial gardens.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Treat like a perennial in the north; a shrub or small tree in the south. May be trimmed and fertilized in spring.

    Commonly known as the chastetree, Vitex agnus-castus was in ancient times thought to be an aphrodisiac. According to Wikipedia, the leaves and stems were once used in ladies' bedding to "cool the heat of lust" when the men were off to war, thus the name chastetree. We're not sure if this works or not, but we do know that it makes a wonderful landscape plant that is highly deer and drought resistant.

    Blue Diddley® Vitex makes the plant even better with its dwarf stature that is about half the size of typical vitex. In the north, zones 5-6, this plant acts like a perennial and dies back to the ground, but regrows and flowers much like a butterfly bush (buddleia). It is slow to break bud in the spring, so do not panic if the plant looks dead, it will sprout new shoots and make a fine specimen in due time. It is a shrub or small tree in the south.

    This dwarf chastetree is a fun little ball of lavender-blue flower spikes in mid-summer. Its compact size fits nicely into perennial gardens and mixed borders.

    Blue Diddley® Vitex agnus-castus 'SMVACBD' USPP 26,614
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    • This initial season of this plant it grew to be 8' x 8' ! No special treatment just full sun and water. I have picture if you would like to see this beautiful plant.

      MJ Hatfield
      , Tennessee
      , United States
      , 3 years ago
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