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Dear Barbara and all, I have some Vitex
negundo or "Cut-leaf Chaste Tree" and I haven't grown it out, but various
websites say it tops out at 10-15 feet. I don't know how true that is in the Bay
Area but I am hoping. Here is a very informational site (PDF) on
----- Original Message -----
From:
M*@aol.com
To: r*@california.com ; m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 5:00
AM
Subject: Re: vitex
In a message dated
8/15/2002 3:51:47 PM Central Standard Time, r*@california.com writes:
I'm interested in agnus vitex castus as a result of
reading
several posts about it. I've done some web research on it
and
in the photos it looks very large. Are there
smaller
varieties?
Thanks--Barbara - in
Berkeley
Barbara, I've had my Vitex for about 6
years and I have been able to maintain a small tree with minimal
efforts. I live just west of Houston in Zone 9, some say 8b. I
think we get just cold enough to keep the Vitex from reaching the 20+ feet in
height. Mine is kept around 14 feet max (during the growing
season). Each spring I trip prune the tree to keep it about the
same size. This year I had to prune off some shoots from the bottom but
it's easily done. The Vitex wants to grow into a nice full bush but I'm
not about to allow that to happen. There are large bushes growing along
the freeways in Houston, I've never seen one exceed about 15 feet.
I
think you probably get much colder in Berkley than we do here along the Gulf
Coast.....I think that your Vitex should be kept at a modest size just from
the winter freezes.
Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas Zone
9
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