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Example of a huge tuscan three-story stucco exterior home design in Houston
Example of a huge tuscan three-story stucco exterior home design in Houston


Who wouldn't want a slide going to the game room in the basement?! It's also an easy way to get out of doing laundry! (Designed by Artisan Design Group)


Magnolia Gardens orients four bedrooms, two suites, living spaces and an ADU toward curated greenspaces, terraces, exterior decks and its Magnolia neighborhood community. The house’s dynamic modern form opens in two directions through a glass atrium on the north and glass curtain walls on the northwest and southwest, bringing natural light to the interiors.


Gender-neutral nursery featuring SISSY+MARLEY for Lucky Star Walk wallpaper in Rain.
Nursery - contemporary gender-neutral light wood floor nursery idea in New York with multicolored walls
Nursery - contemporary gender-neutral light wood floor nursery idea in New York with multicolored walls
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Seen here in the foreground is Chastetree, or Vitex, (Vitex agnus-castus). If you are missing lilacs, try this standout shurb/ small tree. We used mostly vibrant hot colors in this landscape and the cool bluish purple of Vitex contrasts nicely with the other, brighter landscape plants. It can be planted wherever a smaller tree might enhance the landscape, even in a planter! The compound leaves and gray bark also make this plant a beautiful addition to a shrubbery border.
The wide variety of chastetree cultivars offer a choice in flower color. 'Silver Spire' and 'Alba' have white flowers while 'Rosea' has pink flowers. 'Shoal Creek' boasts show-stopping purple blooms while 'Purpurea' cultivars have delicate lilac flowers. This large, deciduous flowering shrub or small tree is found in gardens across the country. It puts on a show from late spring through fall with its beautiful bluish-purple flowers clustered along tall spikes.
The curious name, "chastetree" finds its roots in a Roman book, Naturalis Historia. This early natural history text was written in the first century AD. The author was Pliny the Elder, a noted naturalist, writer, and military commander of the early Roman empire. He notes that women in Athens kept branches of the tree under their beds during the feast of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain, and fertility. These young women believe the leaves of the plant would help them remain pure, thus the "chastetree". Pliny also notes the origin of another of this plant's names: vitex. The name vitex comes from the Latin vieo, meaning to weave. Pliny believed this name was connected to the tree's use in Roman basket weaving.
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