SALISBURY — One of the most difficult yet interesting things about moving from one geographic area to another is learning about landscape shrubs, trees and flowers which are hardy and easy to care for ...

A large chaste tree grows just outside my window in the Brunswick County Botanical Garden. Since I started 4 years ago, it has reliably provided a show stopping display of purple flowers each summer ...

June is the month for summer lilac, or chaste tree, to bloom. Unfortunately we Southerners can’t have much success with lilacs, but the chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) provides the beautiful blue ...

Right now in eastern North Carolina landscapes, a lovely and underused small, deciduous, ornamental tree or shrub, Vitex agnus-castus, chaste tree, vitex, or lilac chaste tree, is blooming. Chaste ...

Purple is popping out all over Houston. The vitex tree is having its moment. Vitex agnus-castus has many common names, including chaste tree, Texas lilac, lavender tree — even hemp tree for the ...

Looking out the window to our front yard, the vast expanse of green lawn that once was the venue for Easter Egg Hunts, whiffle ball competitions and croquet is just a memory now. My wife and I have ...

Q: I recently lost a lilac bush, any recommendations for a replacement that might be more suitable to this area? C.C., Tulsa A: There are probably many choices available to replace your lilac, but one ...