Vitex is one of Louisiana’s finest blooming trees

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If you’ve admired the stunning display of purple flowers in the landscape in recent weeks, you’ve witnessed one of Louisiana’s finest blooming small trees or large shrubs: the vitex, also known as the chaste tree. The Oxford Dictionary defines chaste as “without unnecessary ornamentation; simple or restrained.” True to its name, the chaste tree is simple in its ease of care but far from...

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