Plant: Shoal Creek - Vitex
Vitex · Vitex agnus-castus 'Shoal Creek'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
A fast growing, low maintenance deciduous shrub or small tree with an erect, vase shaped, spreading frame. Twelve inch long panicles of lilac purple tubular blooms are carried from spring through fall above grayish green palmate leaflets with silvery undersides. It takes full sun and any of clay, loam or sand across the whole pH range, and tolerates drought, heat, salt and deer. Butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators work the flowers. Use it as a flowering accent, a screen or a mass planting near patios and walkways.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 15 ft tall and 12 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A fast growing, low maintenance deciduous shrub or small tree with an erect, vase shaped, spreading frame. Twelve inch long panicles of lilac purple tubular blooms are carried from spring through fall above grayish green palmate leaflets with silvery undersides. It takes full sun and any of clay, loam or sand across the whole pH range, and tolerates drought, heat, salt and deer. Butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators work the flowers. Use it as a flowering accent, a screen or a mass planting near patios and walkways.
- Flowers
- Twelve inch long panicles of lilac purple blooms carried from spring into fall.
- Foliage
- Five to seven lance shaped palmate leaflets, grayish green with a silvery underside.
- Native range
- Southern Europe and western Asia
