Vitex agnus-castus var. latifolia

'Chaste Tree'. This very long cultivated medium to large sized deciduous shrub is strangely not often encountered. It has elegant aromatic foliage and produces erect racemes of fragrant violet-blue flowers en-masse at the end of the shoots in Sept and Oct when most other things are long over. This is a good hardy form with broader leaflets. Sun, well drained soil. Heat and drought tolerant. Used for hundreds, if not thousands of years as a hormone regulator for both men and women.