4.5 in. qt. Rock Steady Chastetree (Vitex agnus-Castus) Live Flowering Shrub with Purple Flowers

Description

If you’d like to spend literal months enjoying flowers, Rock Steady vitex is meant for you. We trialed it next to other popular options and it bloomed anywhere from 6-16 weeks longer. Since it blooms on new wood, it has to grow its flower buds in spring, but once it starts flowering in late spring it doesn’t stop until fall. Its light purple, candelabra-like blooms attract pollinators and look lovely in a cut flower arrangement. It is very reliable, as it flowers on new wood. So even if it experiences winter dieback in a colder region, it should still pop back up and present flowers. Pop a Rock Steady vitex into your garden for a seasons-long floral show.

• 4-12 ft. tall and 4-5 ft. wide at maturity
• Hardy in zones 5-9, be sure to check your USDA zone to ensure success
• Plant in full sun (6-hours daily)
• Space plants 4-5 ft apart for best results
• Produces light purple, panicle flowers from spring into fall that attract pollinators
• Maintains a mounded habit of pale green foliage from spring through frost
• Great for cut flowers, mixed borders, perennial gardens, wildlife gardens, borders, landscapes
• Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and resists deer
• Long blooming, heat tolerant, drought tolerant
• Shrubs shipped Nov-Apr will arrive dormant; shrubs shipped Apr-Oct will arrive green or in bloom