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    VITEX
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    VITEX VITEX VITEX

    VITEX

    Another shrub with a rich history of uses in medicine, proven or otherwise.

    A proven attractor of butterflies.

    Widespread genus of 250 species of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs occuring mainly in tropical regions, often in woodland or dried-up river beds.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
    • Good to know
      Grown for their elegant foliage and tubular, 2-lipped flowers.
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
    • Butterfly friendly

    Varieties
    VITEX agnus-castus
    Chaste tree
    attractive spreading aromatic shrub with fragrant violet flowers in slender racemes at the end of the summer
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Tomatoes
    AFTER PLANT TOMATO FEED Liquid Concentrate with Bio stimulant is a high potash liquid concentrate containing seaweed extract, plant derived amino acids and other nutrients specifically formulated to benefit tomatoes and greenhouse plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
    Vermin & Pest Control
    Slug Pellets
    Slug killer blue mini pellets are easy to use and give effective control of slugs and snails. Ideal in garden, conservatory or greenhouse.
    800g - Free c&p
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
    This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries. It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
    200g sachet - free c&p
    £8.50
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