Summertime Blues Chaste Tree 1 Gallon Live Plant – Vitex 'Summertime Blues'

Add long-lasting color and pollinator appeal to your landscape with Summertime Blues Chaste Tree (Vitex 'Summertime Blues'), a compact dwarf selection that offers the beauty of traditional chaste trees in a smaller, garden-friendly form. Aromatic gray-green foliage and distinctive near-black stems provide striking contrast throughout the growing season.

From summer through fall, fragrant lavender-purple flower spikes bloom above the foliage, attracting hummingbirds, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators. This compact shrub is ideal for borders, foundation plantings, pollinator gardens, and large patio containers. Once established, it is drought tolerant and thrives in sunny locations.

Plant Size: 1 Gallon Container

Plant Condition Disclosure:

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

🔹 BULLET POINTS:

• Live Summertime Blues Chaste Tree in a 1 Gallon nursery container
• Botanical Name: Vitex 'Summertime Blues' (Vitex agnus-castus × rotundifolia 'Helen Froehlich')
• Compact dwarf shrub with an upright growth habit
• Fragrant lavender-purple flower spikes from summer through fall
• Aromatic gray-green foliage with distinctive near-black stems
• Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators
• Excellent for borders, pollinator gardens, and large containers
• Drought tolerant once established
• Performs best in full sun
• Low to moderate water needs
• USDA Hardiness Zones 6–9
• Mature size: approximately 24–36 inches tall and 24–36 inches wide

🧾 MATERIALS:

• Live Summertime Blues Chaste Tree (Vitex 'Summertime Blues')
• 1 Gallon nursery container
• Growing medium

📋 ATTRIBUTES:

Common Name: Summertime Blues Chaste Tree
Scientific Name: Vitex 'Summertime Blues' (Vitex agnus-castus × rotundifolia 'Helen Froehlich')
Plant Type: Dwarf Flowering Shrub
Life Cycle: Perennial
Flower/Fruit Color: Lavender-Purple Flowers; Gray-Green Foliage
Sunlight: Full Sun
Soil: Well-drained soil
Water: Low to Moderate; drought tolerant once established
USDA Zone: 6–9