Vitex Super Fast Growing Shade Tree
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- Texas lilac, vitex or chaste tree is what I’m highlighting today!
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They are gorgeous trees. We have 3 in our backyard. They grow so fast. Like, so fast! The Monarchs LOVE the purple flowers! We have to very aggressively cut the trees back at least three times a year. Thanks for posting!
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Lmao that tree is massive!! I was NOT expecting that! 😂 must love your yard.
Ugh. All my vitex are HUGE. They weren’t supposed to get that big. Bane of my existence now. Thx for your comment!
You Give Give SUCH GREAT INFO on the Uses, the Pros & Cons!! A REAL LABOR OF LOVVVE!! 😍😇👏👍
Thx Bree!!! And thanks for doing my hair the other day!
Love hearing your waterfall !
Thank you! It’s very peaceful.
I think that vitex regularly outgrows it's stated size. My neighbor planted one. I loved and thought I definitely had room for one. My neighbor's tree keeps growing and growing and growing. It has taken over his whole front yard. Too late for me. I have already planted one. Also a pharmacy near me planted a line of them lining the street. After they planted them, they kept growing and growing and growing. Several times they cut them to the ground and let them grow up again. Eventually they removed all but one or two.
For anyone watching this video I think it is really important to note that there are many new varieties of this plant available that are sterile to nearly sterile. So they don't spread like wildfire. They really don't make good chop and drop trees. Once removed from this bush the leaves can foster unwanted fungi and mold growth in the soil. They are heavily attractive to just about anything in the animal kingdom with wings. So make sure you plant it in a part of your yard that will allow you 360 degree access. And if you don't want to tick off your neighbors make sure they're cool with having a literal pollinator airport next door.
Interesting to learn the medicinal uses. After seeing how big yours is I'm so glad I got a dwarf variety. 🌳
So glad they distinguish in the nurseries now. I planted mine maybe 17 yrs ago and it was only supposed to be 15ft tall.
Bees, especially bumble bees love the flowers
You answered every question brilliantly! Thank you.
You are most welcome!
Thanks so much for the real lowdown on these trees. I may still get one, but this is really good info!
You’re welcome. They’re beasts in my garden and no matter how short I cut them down they just return with vigor. We haven’t had rain for 5 months here in my part of texas and they look great-very healthy. (Too healthy haha)
TY For Posting!! LILACS Are my FAVVVV !!!
This is a great option for texas lilac lovers.
Sounds like a good tree for those who need chop and drop to help build fertility in a garden. I am convinced to actually get one in spite of its drawbacks! Thank you! Soo glad you are back.
I do chop them ( cuz I have to do it so frequently) but they just go into my compost pile. I might just try dropping and leaving to see if I notice a difference. Thx for the suggestion!
Caveating ahead that I am very new to gardening. Most videos I see prune the stems one to two feet from the ground. To get your tree form did you pick the strongest stem and stop pruning it right back. My husband are trying to establish a manageable garden but seeing yours I am rethinking how much work my three chaste bushes are going to be in the future.
Hi Marie!!! Love your video. thanks for the info. So beautiful.
It is a beautiful tree, great video because I did not know much about this tree. I understand about things growing bigger , but that is a lot bigger. Thanks
Right? They’ve become beasts in my garden!
Good to see you again! You are my gardening guru!
Awww!!! That’s the nicest comment! Thank you!
Thank you. I was thinking about growing this tree but I don’t think I will now. I don’t want to deal with too much maintenance.
Yes! So much maintenance. My next video I’ll show how much it’s grown from last video. It’s insane. I def need to get rid of mine despite all the benefits. Thanks for your comment and for being here!
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Thx Allen!
Wow what a beautiful tree! I got cuttings from my neighbor’s purple vitex and recognized it as a medicinal ingredient in one of the teas I have. I was so thrilled to learn how pollinators love this plant! I am trying to propagate and I hope they’ll grow. Bees are very important to my fruit trees and plants I grow, any way to support them I’m in on👍🏽🐝💛
Yes! Mine were never supposed to get this big. I’m constantly chopping it down. The branches and leaves smell so good!
There was one in this property before we moved in, but it was very damaged by weather... then the leaf-cutter ants got to it and I don't know if I can save it. After I pruned it it sort of came back a little, but the drought is not letting it. I guess in other places it flourishes, over here it is barely making it. I want it to look like yours! Maybe not so tall, but yours is beautiful!
Only known as "Texas Lilac" because reg lilacs are hard to grow in TX.
At 70 yo, I missed the boat on medicinal lol.
Yes, even the leaves have a lovely aroma.
Yes. And the branches when I hack mine down a couple times a year. I love it but wish they hadn’t grown so tall in my garden.
Wow your Ruby Slippers are beautiful.
Vitex is a country tree that was in every chicken yard in east Texas. Requires very little water.
That is why your tree is huge. Mine has never sprouted a baby for me.
You should plant up your babies and sell them. I was unaware of the medicinal properties.
We have very little top soil in Midlothian and anything that will grow and flower here is a bonus.
I should pot them up! I’d be rich! Constantly pulling seedlings out of the ground and in my pots.
@@SalongirlGardens 18 to 24 inches selling for $10.
You could make $$$$
I just bought 3 and am nervous as how to maintain them. We live on acreage so can give them room. Great video!! Thank you!😊
I think if you’ve got space to let them grow as they want you’ll be fine. No maintenance. The problem is I planted 5 on an 1/8 of an acre suburban lot. They were only supposed to get 15-20ft tall! Enjoy!
Love the Vitex tree ! Wondering if it would grow here?
I could try and ship you one of my multiple unwanted seedlings ?
Fascinating! I had no idea they restart so many new ones! I was told they only bloom 2x a year but you didn’t say anything about that? I’ll keep looking for that information and plan for the height to possibly be larger than expected!
Here in north texas they have about 1 week of major blooms. When I cut it down it grows super fast again and sometimes I’ll get a late season bloom.
Very nice so wonderful
I would LOVE to have a tree
I’m literally just learning about the benefits for menopausal-the seeds berries are used for
I can’t don’t any store that has them
So thought hmmm maybe I can plant a tree for next year
But I need the help now Haja
Menopause is no joke
Thank you for the video
You can buy chaste berries through amazon or a health food store.
I've been wondering how your Vitex tree was coming along. I'm thinking about planting one because occasionally women in our community use chasteberry.
The medicinal benefits of this tree are phenomenal. Just make sure you give it ample space. It’s lovely, drought tolerant, pollinators love it (including monarchs) but in a small suburban garden like mine it’s become a beast lol.
@@SalongirlGardens Thanks for the advice! I have never seen one. I have used the pill form and tincture, but have never seen the actual tree except for your channel and the Fastgrowingtrees site.
It is a beautiful tree and you could totally make tinctures/caps from it. Have fun doing it!
Hi I’ve planted a few outside my house but how do I know if it’s a shrub or a tree? And how should I prune it in order for it to grow taller? I want it to grow tall
Apparently they sell small shrubs of it now. Hope you didn’t get the small variety. Good luck!
So. I need to take mine out of their pots.
Yea probably. But would be interesting to see if you could control size that way.
It's your fault it grew bigger than it was suppose to lol, you took to good of care of it.:-):-):-). They are beautiful. Happy gardening :-):-):-)
😂😂😂 you’re right lol!!! Happy Gardening to you too!!
I agree with you, it is almost like those trash trees that people love to hate. I can't keep up with pruning, it grows so fast its ridiculous! I have shoal creek... Do you know what variety you have?
I don’t. When I got mine 18 yrs ago it was just “vitex”.
Now as I understand it there are several diff varieties, shoal being one. Another is a dwarf. My mom accidentally bought that. And there’s pink & white I’m seeing in nurseries now.
does it provide you with a good amount of shade hear my house I have a big yard with no shade planning to put about 6or7 Indust
alongside the fence
I have great shade...
I wish I could grow it in WY
What about Arizona? Yea, these really love the Tx heat and humidity.
@@SalongirlGardens Yuma is zoned 9b-10b maybe to hot in the summer.
I’m guessing if you don’t see them out and about they probably don’t work in your area. The sept of transportation here in Tx uses them en masse along the freeways.
Can you please tell me how to get rid of caterpillars in my lettuce?
Bt works well. I hand pick and try to keep cabbage moths off.
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Thank you! What is BT?
@@ali42D bacillus thurengesis. You mix it with water and it stops caterpillars biologically, safe for pets/people
They're supposed to be heat and drought tolerant I hear, if they are curse tolerant I'll take two dozen! Kidding, but after my last move I can't seem to get anything to grow no matter what I try. I've seen several of these growing in my neighborhood, worth a shot I suppose. I've gardened my entire life, I could grow anything (had an old broomstick root once), started from scratch a dozen or more times in the same city (San Antonio) and have worked with every soil condition from swampy locations to darn near baren cleachy, full sun to full shadre, I made it all work until now. I have litterally landscapped an apartment complex with just my garden excess, my gardens have won awards! No more it seems. Six years in on a piece of land adjacent to a now defunct golf course and I have managed to get one lousy pear tree to live. Not thrive, mind you, just hang in with little to no growth for three years. Even all my houseplants I brought with me, all healthy and some I had for twenty five or more years, all have died except for three big-box Moth Orchids. Despite all my efforts, soil ammendments, hard work, care, advice from experts, and money everything has died except for a clump of Asperegus Fern and a single stunted, lousy Pear tree that has twice taunted me in the spring with three pears that get to about the size of a half-dollar and then stop growing and remain rock hard until I pick them off in the fall. Normally after six years I would have half a dozen decent understory trees big enough to easily walk under and would be shade gardening under them. I am either living on some cursed Indian Buriel Ground or I did something to really piss off Mother Nature. If something doesn't give this year I'm giving up, I'll only dig one hole in the yard next year and crawl in it myself!
Hope you see this😮. I made a huge mistake, I think! I need advise because I cut my beautiful 8 yr old Vitex all the way down! I’m being told I killed it. WHAT did I do? 😢 they were 5 feet tall. I live in the CA high desert: Hesperia.
I’m betting it grows back. How is it going now?
I would of bought a vitex from you ive been looking....
I’ve got LOTS of babies!🙄 where are you located?
@@SalongirlGardens ventura county California
@@socal1772 I’m originally from San Bernardino. I’m actually amazed this tree isn’t there. It’s drought tolerant, super pretty and doesn’t require anything (except chopping down new vitex 😂).
@@SalongirlGardens where u located?
@@SalongirlGardens oh wow San Ber doo
15 year old 50 foot tree PHEW i guess I know why I see them coppiced in Oklahoma City at businesses
Yea...if I’d known I never would’ve planted them. They were supposed to be accent trees.