VITEX agnus-castus f.alba

vitex, chaste tree, chastetree, chasteberry, Abraham's balm, lilac chastetree, monk's pepper

VITEX agnus-castus f.alba

vitex, chaste tree, chastetree, chasteberry, Abraham's balm, lilac chastetree, monk's pepper

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, prune at least the whithered flowers. If you want to keep it small and compact, you can prune very short the branches that has flowered, leaving only a few centimetres (3 eyes or buds).
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Mediterranean region
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 4 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Full sun
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bushy
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : White
  • Soil type : Dry soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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Outstanding Mediterranean shrub, which lives long and blooms abundantly in the middle of summer. Palmated leaves that are thiner than the latifolia variety. In July-August, it bears numerous white flowers in thin spikes (whorls), 15 to 20 cm long on this plant. All parts of the plant has a strong peppered aroma to the touch, especially the reddish-black fruit. It remains a medium sized, bushy and rounded shrub with upright branches. It tolerates well calcareous and dry conditions but is more vigorous in cool and crumbly soils. It appreciates sunny and sheltered locations in warm exposure and filtering soils. For example, it likes being sheltered by walls when located beyond the north of the Loire.