Where should you plant a Vitex Tree?
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Our Inventory Control Lead, Jenny Boyer, shares some facts about the Vitex tree and gives some insight on where to plant it in your landscapes.
Have a question for Jenny? Leave it below in the comments!
I grow this in zone 12, in the middle of the Arabian desert , and it’s doing amazing
Vitex is a high heat, high sun, and high humidty plant. It does well in super dry climates as well but requires a little more attention and a decent watering schedule in extremely dry climates. In zone 9 Lower Central Florida we have ours planted in full sun on the southern side of our house. Sun from 6 a.m. until about 7 p.m. It needs to be planted in a location where you can walk around it and work around it 360 degrees. Otherwise it may suffer from blackspot and other fungus issues. Expect high pollinator and bird activity so give it some room for that purpose as well. We keep ours properly trimmed to form a large bush / small tree. They can grow wider than tall so it's important to understand how they grow in your environment. Ours are trimmed like a vase or umbrilla to create a waving slightly drooping effect. But don't let anything lay on the ground. Keep it trimmed to create a slight bit of lift.
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Keep the thicker branches from crisscrossing when the bush is young. This will help to build a table for the most important growth to rest on. Crisscrossing branches can fuse together or cause internal and bark related diseases and unsightly wounds. Trim it to form a V or umbrilla shape so that it grows like a tree lower to the ground about a foot or two and a bush the rest of the way up. This will allow you to get underneath them to amend the soil, weed, add mulch and things of that nature. It will also allow you to get under the bush so that pollinators aren't disturbed and so you see crossing branches that need trimmed while preventing you from getting stung by wasps or bees.
I wish Vitex negundo look this nice
Vitex does not like wet feet. So do not plant it in extremely moist soil or soil with poor drainage. Plant it in an area that gets a decent amount of airflow / wind but also plant it where it can be protected by a slightly distanced structure like your house or a wall or fense as a buffer to prevent extreme wind from getting to it. Because it loses it's leaves in the winter you can prune it to shape so that it grows how you want it to in the spring. Some people let these grow into tree form. I think that takes all the fun out of the plant. The point is to keep it at just the right height to enjoy birds and pollinators but not so high up you can't see the real beauty. The trunks look nice in the winter time but when all the excitement is up in the canopy it's harder to enjoy.
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If you're in Houston you must water every day in the summer.
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I read that it is invasive in the US.
I believe we should all choose only native plants for our gardens, so that we don't disturd and destroy the natural character of each area.
Native plants in my area suck. No native plants for me.
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Not really much info.
What is the size of the pot in which this tree is planted, in centimetres?
you don't show detail of the tree, i want to see the leaves
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