Despite pharmaceutical research expenditures totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars, effective relief for symptoms of PMS has been confirmed not in an expensive patented drug, but in a ...

Chaste tree (Vitex angus-cestus), also called chasteberry, with its striking lavender-blue flowers which appear on spikes in the fall, is the perfect heat-loving, drought-tolerant addition to an open ...

The lovely lavender flowers of the chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus), a shrub native to the Mediterranean, produce small, dark fruits (berries) resembling peppercorns. Ancient European herbalists ...

Some people call is a chaste tree; others know it as vitex. Whatever you call it, this gorgeous tree is blooming all across the state at this time of year. Vitex produces small lavender-blue flowers, ...

A large chaste tree grows just outside my window in the Brunswick County Botanical Garden. Since I started 4 years ago, it has reliably provided a show stopping display of purple flowers each summer ...

Chaste tree (vitex agnus-castus) has been putting on a show for several weeks. When the plant is covered with flowers, it's a real eye-catcher and generates a lot of interest. Chaste tree is native to ...

John Gerard, The Herbal, or General History of Plants, 1597. As a preface to this essay, I’ll save you the trouble of looking up “merry-galls” and tell you that they are sores which you might ...

The chaste tree makes an attractive specimen as your landscape bed’s centerpiece or in a large container on the deck. Easy-to-grow, drought resistant and attractive to butterflies and bees, Vitex ...

So, how do you get your partner to smell these scents? One of the easiest ways is to wear them. A little dab on your pulse points will be enough to trigger his limbic system to desire less sex.

Purple is popping out all over Houston. The vitex tree is having its moment. Vitex agnus-castus has many common names, including chaste tree, Texas lilac, lavender tree — even hemp tree for the ...