The city of Atlantic Beach is working to combat the spread of Beach Vitex, an aggressive invasive plant threatening the vital ...

City officials say residents should report sightings of Beach Vitex at info.coab.us.

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For about two weeks every spring, my letter carrier, delivery drivers and just about everyone else who walks into my yard ...

A. I believe you are describing the vitex, also called chaste plant. The small versions of the shrub and even the small tree version often have a cone shape. They grow to 20 feet tall on some sites.

Chasteberry and Vitex are two names for the same plant, which is also sometimes called monk’s pepper or Abraham’s balm. The plant’s scientific name is Vitex agnus-castus.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The beach vitex is a western Pacific plant that is a major threat to coastal ecosystems and has heavily appeared on more than 700 locations on North Carolina beaches ...

TOPSAIL ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - Topsail Island beach towns are joining forces to fight an invasive plant species through Project Beach Vitex. According to the Topsail Island Shoreline Protection ...

Some deciduous trees, like native fringe trees and vitex shrubs or trees, are very slow to sprout in spring, and some northern-grown new deciduous plants may sprout on their old late schedule.

Examples of such invasive plants include Tree of Heaven, Autumn Olive, and Japanese Honeysuckle. In Hampton Roads, Endriss specifically cautioned against Beach Vitex.

Like many plants that have attained weed status in the southeast portion of our country, Vitex exhibits none of these bad habits in the Willamette Valley, so go ahead and plant one.