Plus, he shares his love for rosemary.
Question: I have fallen in love with chaste tree.
Is it easy to grow, and when should I plant it?
Grumpy Gardener Answer:Chaste treeis one of my favorites.
One of the reasons why is because it’s one of the trees that has blue flower spikes.
Blue is a very rare color actually in the plant kingdom.
Lots of orange flowers, lots of red flowers, yellow flowers, white flowers, purple flowers.
There’s not very much that are blue.
It tends to bloom in early June, just when the firstcrepe myrtlesare coming out.
Another really great thing about chaste tree is that it’s an absolute favorite plant for bumblebees.
If you’re concerned about pollinators, you plant a chaste tree, it will be covered with bumblebees.
Even though it may die back in the winter, it’ll come back from the roots there.
It’ll tell you whether your winters are too cold or whether they’re not to grow something.
So that’s simple.
It’s the herb rosemary.
It’s hardy outdoors, so it’s possible for you to leave it out all year long.
Where its not hardy you might grow it in a pot.
It has pretty flowers in the springtime.
Rosemary is a really easy plant to grow.
you’re able to just let it grow by itself.
It looks great that way.
you might just add it to a mixed border.
It does need to have sun, but it doesn’t need to have full sun.
But other than that, it has very few pests.
And this is one of those plants where it’s a joy to prune it.
