Westringia Fruticosa "Coastal Rosemary" Standard 13Liter

Botanical Name: Westringia fruticosa
Common Names: Coastal Rosemary, Native Rosemary, Westringia, Coastal Westringia

📌 Product Description

Westringia fruticosa is a hardy evergreen shrub valued for its fine grey-green foliage, naturally neat growth habit, and delicate white to pale mauve flowers. Its soft textured appearance and excellent drought and coastal tolerance make it an ideal choice for low hedges, borders, water-wise gardens, and contemporary landscape planting.

This versatile shrub forms a dense, rounded shape and responds very well to pruning, making it perfect for clipped hedges, edging, and formal structure, while also looking attractive left in a more natural form. In South African gardens, it is especially useful in sunny, exposed, and coastal positions where many softer shrubs struggle.

Neat, resilient, and low maintenance, Westringia fruticosa is an excellent choice for gardeners wanting year-round foliage structure with a soft, refined look.

📏 Size When Fully Grown

Height: 1–2 m
Spread: 1–2 m
Growth Habit: Dense, rounded evergreen shrub
Growth Rate: Moderate

🌱 Best Growing Conditions

Light: Full sun to light partial shade
Soil: Well-draining soil; adaptable to sandy, loamy, and coastal soils
Water:
• Water regularly during establishment
• Drought tolerant once established
• Benefits from occasional deep watering during extended dry periods
• Avoid permanently waterlogged soil

Feeding: Apply compost or a balanced slow-release fertiliser in spring if needed to encourage healthy dense growth.

Maintenance:
• Prune lightly to maintain shape or clip as a hedge
• Responds well to regular trimming
• Remove dead or untidy growth as needed
• Very low maintenance once established

🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

Best Planting Time: Spring or autumn
Active Growth: Spring and summer
Flowering Time: Mainly spring to summer, often sporadically at other times
Climate Suitability: Suitable for most South African regions, especially coastal, temperate, and water-wise gardens
Frost Tolerance: Tolerates light frost once established
Wind Tolerance: Excellent, including coastal and exposed positions

🌼 Additional Benefits

• Fine grey-green evergreen foliage
• Excellent coastal and drought tolerance
• Responds well to clipping
• Low maintenance and hardy
• Soft flowers attract pollinators

🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Low hedges and borders
✔ Coastal gardens
✔ Water-wise gardens
✔ Formal and contemporary planting
✔ Mass planting