Vitex agnus-castus 'Delta Blues'

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'Delta Blues' is a rounded to spreading, deciduous shrub with palmate, aromatic, dark green leaves and panicles of small, fragrant, purple-blue flowers in summer. Flowers are followed by glossy, red fruit.

Vitex agnus-castus 'Delta Blues' - Shoot (shootgardening.com)

Vitex agnus-castus Delta Blues™ PP25914: An easy to grow, fast-growing broadleaf deciduous shrub with white and green foliage and blue and lavender flowers in summer and fall. Attractive to bees, butterflies and beneficial insects. To grow well, it prefers sun and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Adaptable to various soil conditions. Grows best in well-drained and average soil. In need of something heat tolerant? This may be a good option.

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant type: shrubPlant family: LamiaceaeFoliage: deciduous white and greenMature size: 8 FT - 10 FT - wide, 8 FT - 10 FT - tallFlowers: blue and lavender blooms in summer and fallUses: fragrant, cutting garden, xeric, floriferous, fall color

The finer leaf texture and more controlled size (it's less leggy than the species, but is still not puny at 8-10' tall) make Delta Blues Chastetree an attractive big shrub, but when it flowers, goodness! It's loaded with blue flower cones for a long time during some of the toughest months of the year - the blahs of late summer (though I'm sorry, I can't commit to whether the flowers are blue or lavender - it shifts on me). Flowering starts during the oppressive hum-drum of late summer time and last through the pick-me-up of early fall (September in Zone 8a). Same goes for committing to leaf color - is it light green or light gray-green (won't you let us know in a review?)? Maybe these hard to pin down traits make it so very interesting in the shrub border - it changes by time of day, like the forest outside my office window. Delta Blues chastetree is a First Editions® plant developed in Georgia; this one by Matt Dirr.

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