Not yet - but we have a two story house behind us - and it reaches the
bottom of their roof already. It's competing with the pecan tree that my
husband planted near it. It may have been in the ground closer to 4 years
now that I think about it. It is still the most beautiful thing in the area
this time of year.
"escapee" wrote in message
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Is it taller than your house?


On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 03:24:46 GMT, "L&S"
opined:

So is mine. And it's gotten to about 15 feet in just a couple of years -
from a 1 gallon shrub. It was the best investment I ever made.
"escapee" wrote in message
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On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:38:46 -0500, "Elizabeth"
opined:

Up and down IH-35 between Round Rock and Georgetown, there are
beautiful,
flowering shrubs that have huge, long, purple, flowering spikes.

What are they and how fast do they grow?

They are Vitex and I have one which is about 12 feet tall. On
roadsides
they do
not get as large. In a cultivated garden, it can be limbed up into a
small
tree, about 18 feet at climax growth...which takes about a dozen years
or
so.
Mine is magnificent this year.

Victoria


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