Westringia, Plant Profile and Landscaping Uses
Westringia fruticosa is known as coastal rosemary or native rosemary. Widely used as a hedging plant and useful in a number of landscaping applications where a drought tolerant shrub is required.
Dozens of species and cultivars are available from selected wholealers, many with different growth habits, foliage and flower colours. Generally these are a very hardy plant with attractive foliage and small white to mauve flowers.
They are drought tolerant once established and grow well in full sun.
Popular Westringia species and cultivars include:
- Westringia ‘Wynyabbie Gem’
- Westringia ‘Jervis Gem’
- Westringia ‘Grey Box’
- Westringia ‘Zena’
Westringia are used widely in landscaping and are suitable for low hedges. They are generally very tough and fairly drought tolerant.
Care
- Fast growing suited to full sun to part shade.
- Prune lightly and regularly from establishment to maintain shape and size
- Excellent for coastal conditions
- Flowers are small purple to mauve from spring to summer
- Foliage is a grey to olive green with silvery undersides.
- Reaches around 3m in height, best kept to 2m or less.
- For hedging space at 200cm centres.
- Good for an informal hedge and can be pruned to a more formal style if required.
Westringia plants are available from the following Wholesale Nurseries
111 Stanhope Road Theresa Park NSW 2570
Offering a variety of sun hardy Australian natives and exotic trees, shrubs, groundcover's and perennials from semi advanced through to super advanced and semi-mature stock.
www.downesnursery.com.au
Advanced container grown trees & shrubs. Large range of native plants & ornamentals ranging from 14cm to 45 litre. Specialists in indigenous plants and supply for Urban development. Supply & deliver all states.
www.talltrees.com.au
1870 South Gippsland Hwy Cranbourne Vic 3977 - email:sales@faceysnursery.com.au
Growers of a wide range of native & exotic trees, shrubs, ground covers and climbers in 14cm pots Promotional & PBR Lines and garden hardy favourites. Supplying all states. www.faceysnursery.com.au
email ask@plantmark.com.au
One of Australia's largest wholesale trade nurseries. Over 30,000 species available, tubestock to advanced trees, an almost unlimited choice of plants.
www.plantmark.com.au
146 Dignams Crk Rd via Narooma NSW 2546
Tubestock - [50mm forestry tubes and 70mm supertubes] specializing in Bush Tucker Plants , Natives indigenous to the NSW South Coast , Permaculture Plants - Fruits, Nuts & Berries .
www.southcoastflora.com.au
ANTZ PLANTS NURSERY – Phone 07 3807 3571
67 Alberton Road, Alberton Qld 4207
Specialise in plants for landscape and urban environments : Agapanthus, Gazania, Gardenia, Myoporum, Liriope, Dietes, Westringia.
CARAWAH NURSERY
15 Falls Road Hoddles Creek Victoria 3139
phone: 59674244 fax: 59674239
Wholesale propagators specialising in Australian Native Tubestock. Our list comprises of hard to grow and pictorial lines. Monthly & Annual Forward Order catalogue. Accredited to all States.
ALL GREEN NURSERY
130 Old Geelong Rd Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029
phone: 03 9749 1688 fax: 03 9749 5135
Wide range of wholesale plants including: Grasses, Designer Plants,Trees and Shrubs, Native Plants, Screening Plants, Hedges, Succulents and Ground Covers