Level of Significance
- File
- Local
- Regional
- State
- National
Age
?yrsTrees
1Diameter
?mHeight - 7m
Details
Common name
Chaste Tree
Botanical name
Vitex agnus-castus
Type
Specimen
Condition
Poor
Municipality
Maribyrnong (VIC)
Location
Footscray Park, Ballarat Road Footscray VIC 3011
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
- Rare (Scientific)
- Outstanding size (Scientific)
- Outstanding species (Scientific)
- Landscape (Social)
- Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
- Attractive (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
31 Jan 1991
Date of classification
11 Apr 1991
Statement of Significance
Located in the shrubbery around the ornamental lake. A very large and attractive example of a species uncommon in cultivation in Victoria. With prolific flowers, it provides a focus to the mixed tree/shrub planting around the lake. Footscray Park is one of the largest and most intact examples of an Edwardian public garden in Melbourne. Major planting occurred in the late 1920s and early 1930s.