Vitex rotundifolia Very Rare red-flushed glow uncommon in the

red-flushed glow uncommon in the species

John's Wort above doorways and holy pictures to ward off evil at the feast of Saint John

Larger-flowered and more tender than the common poet's jasmine

and a thick freight of myth

wildlife-feeding native for difficult sites

Vitex rotundifolia Very Rare red-flushed glow uncommon in theA tough, salt defying seaside groundcover with a serious caveat. Vitex rotundifolia, best known as beach vitex, is a low, prostrate, trailing shrub of the mint family, native to the coasts of eastern Asia, the Pacific islands, and Australia, where the plant binds shifting sand along the shore. Rounded, blue green leaves about two inches across clothe the running stems, aromatic and slightly spicy when crushed, and spikes of bright lavender blue