Family: Verbenaceae
Scientific Name: Vitex agnus-castus Silver Spire
Common Name: Silver Spire Vites, Silver Spire Chaste Tree
Description | A deciduous shrub grown as a herbaceous perennial in the colder zones of its range. This selection has white flowers. |
Pronunciation | (VI-teks)(AG-nus-KACE-tus) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | (6)7-9 |
Sunlight | full sun |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average, well drained |
Temperature | will die back to the ground in colder zones but roots can survive |
Flowers | white, borne on small terminal spikes in a panicle |
Leaves | palmately compound, 5-7 leaflets, dark gray green, fragrant |
Maintenance | prune in spring, flowers occur on new years wood, plant in a sheltered site |
Propagation | cuttings, has been mound layered |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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