Vitex, a shrub with blue flowers, is in bloom across the Dallas-Fort Worth area in June 2023. The plant grows in almost any type of soil. Vitex, a shrub with blue flowers, is in bloom across the ...

Q: How large will vitex trees grow? Our HOA just planted them in the parkways alongside our streets, and they don’t seem like a good choice there. A: Regular vitex (lilac chaste tree) grows to 15 or ...

Groundcover plants are classified as invasive on a local, state, or federal level because they not only take over home ...

Second, yes, vitex plants need full or nearly full sun to bloom to their best capacity. So, once it goes dormant this winter and loses its leaves, you’ll want to use a metal-handled sharpshooter spade ...

Q: Can you tell me what this plant is? It is like a small tree and covered in purple blooms. The bees were going crazy. At first I thought it was a unique crape myrtle, but when I looked closer, that ...

Dear Neil: We had four 30-gallon vitex trees planted by a nursery in May this year. They all had buds at planning time, but most of them never bloomed, so I trimmed off the old, dead ones. It put on ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to keep them looking nice. A lower-maintenance way to provide landscape color is ...

A hydrangea with dark leaves, a mock orange that reblooms, and an inkberry holly that solves the “bare-legs” problem are among the most interesting new trees and shrubs hitting the market for the 2024 ...

And there she was. As my wife and I rounded the corner heading toward our son’s house in McKinney to pick up two of our grandsons this past Sunday afternoon, this radiant beauty called out my name.