Texas Lilac Shrub

The time to prune mature lilac plants is just after the flowers have faded in the spring.

Texas lilac shrub. The vitex plant is also known as chastetree or texas lilac. Great for screening hedging accent or specimen these deer resistant shrubs attract butterflies and feature flower clusters with an intoxicating perfume. It s a subtropical shrub or small tree that grows in u s. Shipped in original containers.

Texas lilac vitex goes be several other names. Wedgewood blue is an example of a cultivar of this plant. Boxwood is an easy fast growing shrub that is great for hedging borders or flowerbeds. Lilac shrub or bush varieties can be split into two categories.

It features year round leaves that are easy to shape. Syringa is a member of the olive family along with other such ornamental plants as ash trees forsythia shrubs and privet shrubs. It is a native of china and india although long ago it became naturalized throughout certain areas of the united states. This large upright shrub lilac usually grows to 8 feet 2 4 m in height but some varieties can be as short as 4 feet 1 2 m.

Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 or warmer. Common lilac bushes syringa vulgaris are deciduous shrubs that bloom in late spring. In the first category is the common lilac a hugely diverse plant that comes in a wide range of colors and fragrances. Lilacs set next season s flower buds almost immediately so late pruning will mean sacrificing the next year s flowers.

Mexican lavender lilac chaste tree hemp tree sage tree monk s pepper indian spice or vitex. In places such as texas it is a substitute for lilac bushes which don t often tolerate warm texas summers according to texas a m university extension. Records indicate that vitex has been cultivated in the americas since 1670. Spring hill nurseries 4 in.

If you are diligent with annual pruning of your lilac the shrub will grow to about 8 feet tall with flowers throughout the branches.