Wordless Wednesday: The Jewel of the June Garden

Posted on June 18, 2014 by johnvic8
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Chaste Tree (Vitex Agnus-castus)

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Chaste Tree (Vitex Agnus-castus)

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John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014. He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
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2 Responses to Wordless Wednesday: The Jewel of the June Garden

  1. Marian St.Clair says:
    June 19, 2014 at 1:14 am

    Love this tree! It’s blooming in Greenville too.

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  2. johnvic8 says:
    June 19, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    This particular Vitex is unnamed (I do have a ‘Shoal Creek,’ which is also in bloom now). The one in the photo was grown from a cutting from my garden in Chapel Hill and is now nine years old. It, in turn, was grown from a cutting from my late Aunt Martha’s garden in Chatham, VA. There were some vitex at my grandmother’s and it may be that my aunt started her plant there. She loved to try cuttings. At any rate, I consider it an heirloom and am trying to propagate cuttings to give to others in the family.

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