{"title":"Westringia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWestringia, the coastal rosemary, is the native that made formal hedging possible in Australian conditions: soft grey-green foliage that clips like box, dainty white-to-mauve flowers most of the year, and a constitution built on sea cliffs. This page lists every westringia available from our partner farms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe named cultivars cover every scale of the job. For tight low hedges and balls, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-wes04-pbr-grey-box\"\u003eGrey Box\u003c\/a\u003e is the standout, holding a naturally compact shape that barely needs the shears, with Low Horizon flatter again for banks and borders. Mid-height hedging belongs to \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-wes03-pbr-blue-gem-tm\"\u003eBlue Gem\u003c\/a\u003e, the heaviest-flowering of the group, alongside \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-jervis-gem\"\u003eJervis Gem\u003c\/a\u003e, Zena and Naringa. The classic species Westringia fruticosa and the old faithful Wynyabbie Gem still carry the bigger informal screens, while \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-wes05-mundi-pbr\"\u003eMundi\u003c\/a\u003e spreads as a dense groundcover and Bulli Coastal Creep hugs the ground on dunes and walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing notes: westringias want sun and drainage and tolerate everything else, salt spray, wind, drought, light frost and poor sandy soil. They take clipping better than any other native shrub; trim lightly every couple of months through the growing season and a hedge stays furniture-crisp, or leave them natural for a soft grey cloud with year-round flowers. Feed once a year with a low-phosphorus native fertiliser. The one enemy is waterlogged clay, so mound the bed if drainage is doubtful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse westringia as the native answer wherever the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedging page\u003c\/a\u003e calls for box, alongside \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/natives\"\u003eAustralian natives\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/low-maintenance\"\u003elow-maintenance\u003c\/a\u003e palette. Every order ships farm-direct with flat $99 delivery across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, a $399 minimum order, and the 30-Day Healthy Plant Guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-hyb-naringa","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia hyb. NARINGA","description":"\u003cp\u003eTip prune it often and never shear it hard into bare wood. Westringias set very few dormant buds on old stems, so a plant left to grow open and then cut back to timber often stays bare, while one clipped lightly every couple of months stays tight for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaringa is a hybrid selection carrying fine grey green foliage in neat whorls up the stems, with small pale lipped flowers appearing on and off through much of the year and heaviest in the warmer months. It handles salt laden wind, sandy soil and long dry spells once established, which is why it turns up on so many coastal front boundaries, median strips and exposed driveway edges. Wet feet are the weakness: in heavy clay or a poorly drained bed it thins and dies out in patches, usually one plant at a time along a row. Despite the common name it has no relationship to culinary rosemary and the leaves are not a substitute. Available 140mm to 300mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 140mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $119.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309550449009,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64309550481777,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64309550514545,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64309550547313,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/vQol_58jnjGRzYQl-Pww1_2cOxgl09.jpg?v=1787629017"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-jervis-gem","title":"Coastal Rosemary - Westringia fruticosa Jervis Gem","description":"\u003cp\u003eJervis Gem is a compact selection of coastal rosemary, denser and lower than the taller forms, with narrow grey-green leaves in whorls of four along stiff stems. The flowers are mauve rather than white, appearing on and off through the year with a heavier flush in spring, and that colour is the main reason to choose it over its siblings. It goes into low clipped hedges, kerbside and median mass planting, path edging, and front line coastal gardens where wind pruning does half the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFull sun or nothing, and the shade that thins it out\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it an open position with free draining soil and it needs almost nothing: salt wind, sand, reflected heat off paving and long dry spells are all within its tolerance, and once established it can be left to rainfall in most coastal gardens. Set plants around 40 to 50 cm apart for a low hedge so the row closes quickly and can be shaped as one. The failure that catches people out is shade. Planted on the shaded side of a house, under a tree canopy or behind a fence that blocks the sun for half the day, Jervis Gem stretches for light, thins out, flowers poorly and goes hollow at the base, and no amount of clipping brings it back, because it will not reshoot from the bare wood you would have to cut into. Site it in sun from the start. Wet heavy soil is the other thing to avoid, so mound the row on clay rather than digging individual holes that hold water. Frost is handled in most temperate districts, and the plant accepts clipping from a young age, which lets a row of small stock be shaped in its first year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMauve flowers, white flowers, or the full sized species\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the westringias here the differences come down to flower colour, leaf size and final height. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-zena\"\u003eZena\u003c\/a\u003e carries white flowers with faint throat markings on a finer leaf and takes a tighter clipped face, so it is the more formal option. The straight species, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-1\"\u003eWestringia fruticosa\u003c\/a\u003e, is taller and more open, suited to informal hedges, batters and large scale mass planting where bulk matters more than neatness. Take Jervis Gem when you want mauve flower against grey foliage and a low hedge that keeps its shape without constant attention. The flower colour also changes what you can plant beside it: mauve sits comfortably with silver foliage and blue flowered natives, where the white forms hold a cleaner line against rendered walls and dark green hedging. All three sit in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedging range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrimming after each flush, and a light feed\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep the shears moving. A light trim after each flowering flush holds the plant tight from the base and brings on the next round of flower, while plants left alone for a few years open in the middle and are hard to bring back. Always leave leafy growth below the cut. Feed lightly if at all, since a small spring application of general fertiliser is enough and rich feeding produces soft growth that burns in salt wind and flops after rain. Water through the first summer, then taper off, paying attention to any part of the row sitting above a hot kerb where the soil dries fastest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 125mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $93.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"125mm","offer_id":64311397417329,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311397450097,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311397482865,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311397515633,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311397548401,"sku":null,"price":93.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311397581169,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-jervis-gem-coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-jervis-gem_0564479f-abfb-4eaf-8b66-11e93ef4baa5.png?v=1785551729"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-1","title":"Coastal Rosemary - Westringia fruticosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn exposed sandstone headlands along the New South Wales coast, coastal rosemary grows in almost no soil with salt spray coming straight off the water, and that tells you most of what it will do in a garden. This is the full sized species rather than a compact selection, an upright grey-green shrub with fine leaves in neat whorls and small white flowers scattered over the bush for much of the year rather than in one flush. It does the heavy work: informal hedges, batters, median strips and coastal frontages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere it thrives, and the pruning cycle that ruins it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun, free draining soil, and very little water once established. It takes sand, salt wind, reflected heat and thin poor ground, and is happier neglected than fussed over, but it dislikes wet heavy clay, so on a poor site raise the bed. For an informal hedge at knee to waist height, set plants roughly 60 to 75 cm apart. The way gardens actually lose this plant is a pruning cycle, not a pest. Left untouched for two or three years it grows tall, opens in the middle and goes woody at the base, and the natural response is to cut it hard. Westringia reshoots poorly from bare old wood, so a hard renovation cut leaves grey sticks that never fill in and the plant has to be replaced. Trim lightly and frequently from the day it goes in, always leaving leaf below the cut, and it stays dense to the ground for years. Frost in most temperate gardens is no trouble, and it tolerates the conditions of a median strip, which is why it turns up in so much roadside planting. Growth is moderate, so allow a season or two before a hedge line closes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe species or one of the compact selections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the tallest and most open of the three coastal rosemaries here, the one for height, bulk and coverage across a batter or a boundary, and the only one in large advanced grades. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-jervis-gem\"\u003eJervis Gem\u003c\/a\u003e is a compact selection with mauve flowers, for low hedging where the species would be too tall. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-zena\"\u003eZena\u003c\/a\u003e has the smallest leaf of the three and holds the tightest clipped face, so it is the pick for formal edging. The test is what the planting has to do: to see over it to a view, the species will not stay low enough and a compact form is the answer, but to screen a fence, break wind or hold a slope, the species has the bulk. Compare all three in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/westringia\"\u003ewestringia range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLittle and often with the shears\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim after each flush of growth, taking a small amount every time rather than waiting for a big cut, and start in the first season while the plant is young. That builds density from the base and keeps flowering going, since it flowers on and off through the year rather than all at once. Feeding is rarely necessary and heavy feeding works against you, producing soft growth that flops and burns in salt wind. A light application of general fertiliser in spring is plenty on poor sand, and nothing at all on reasonable soil. In a mass planting, run over the whole area with a hedge trimmer twice a year rather than shaping plants one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 70mm up to 100L, priced from $16.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311438049649,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311438082417,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311438115185,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75mm","offer_id":64311438147953,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311438180721,"sku":null,"price":23.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311438213489,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311438246257,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311438279025,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311438311793,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150mm","offer_id":64311438344561,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd15-051-coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa_ae5046e3-8d27-4e9e-a9e2-b05a1bae75c3.png?v=1785551830"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-bulli-coastal-creep","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia Bulli Coastal Creep","description":"\u003cp\u003eBulli Coastal Creep is a prostrate form of the native rosemary, grown for what it does on the ground rather than for its flowers. Grey green leaves sit in neat whorls along low, spreading stems, and small white to pale mauve flowers appear on and off through much of the year. It takes salt spray, sand and wind without complaint, which is why it turns up on coastal banks, in carpark islands and along exposed driveways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun is not negotiable. In shade it opens up, thins out and loses the tight look that makes it worth planting. The other common failure is skipping the trim: left alone the centre goes woody and bare, and westringias do not reliably reshoot from old leafless wood. A light shear two or three times a year from planting keeps it dense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrainage matters more than water. It is drought hardy once away but will rot in a soggy bed. Despite the common name, it is not culinary rosemary and the leaves are not for eating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 130mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"130mm","offer_id":64311453516145,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/gcOBYFQh_9GoCLky6HSDa_x4PAPzLr.jpg?v=1787629719"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-wynyabbie-gem","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia Wynyabbie Gem","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you have inherited a Westringia hedge that is green on the outside and bare sticks within, the cause is almost always that nobody tipped it in the first two years. Start light trimming while the plants are young, keep at it a few times a year, and it stays dense right to the base. Cut hard into leafless old wood and it will not shoot back for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWynyabbie Gem is a hybrid with more height and a finer texture than plain coastal rosemary, carrying narrow grey green leaves in whorls up the stem and small mauve flowers for most of the year with a strong spring flush. Nothing about it is edible or related to true rosemary, whatever the resemblance suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalt spray, sand, wind and long dry spells are all fine. Heavy wet clay is not, and that kills more of them in suburban gardens than anything else, so plant high or fix the drainage first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe deliver to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA at a flat $99, with a $399 minimum order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 70mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $129.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311487365489,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311487398257,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311487431025,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311487463793,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311487496561,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150mm","offer_id":64311487529329,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311487562097,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/dS1yd64Bgizw0pa_e1H0d_j5rsVGHo.jpg?v=1787629931"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-zena","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia Zena","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a low hedge has to hold its shape in salt wind, Westringia earns its place ahead of box or lilly pilly. Fine grey-green leaves sit in whorls up wiry stems, small pale two lipped flowers come and go for much of the year with a heavier show in spring, and the plant shrugs off sand, wind and coastal exposure once its roots are down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZena is one of the compact selections grown for clipped work and border edging, and it takes the same treatment as any other coastal rosemary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrim little and often from planting. Cutting back into bare old wood frequently fails to reshoot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep the soil lean and free draining. Rich, wet ground makes soft open growth that splits open through the middle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull sun. Shade gives you a thin, sprawling plant that never fills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the common name it is not related to rosemary and has no culinary use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311489495409,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Lfqc8aOp0YFZA-xWvqfJg_xNQYhNcw.jpg?v=1787629932"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-wes06-pbr-low-horizon-tm","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia 'WES06' PBR Low Horizon TM","description":"\u003cp\u003eLandscapers reach for Low Horizon when a westringia has to stay under knee height without constant shearing. It is a low, spreading selection of native rosemary that builds a dense grey green mat of fine whorled leaves, with small white flowers scattered through the warmer months and the odd bloom outside them. Full sun and free draining soil are the two things it insists on. In heavy clay or a bed that stays damp, root rot takes plants out patch by patch, usually the ones sitting lowest in the run. Salt wind does not bother it, which is why it ends up in beachfront car parks and nature strips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo warnings worth passing on. It is not the rosemary you cook with, despite the leaf, and it will not reshoot reliably from bare old wood, so tip prune lightly and often rather than cutting hard once it has gone leggy. Available in 140mm for mass planting and 5lt where you want cover sooner. Delivery is a flat $99 to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders over $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 140mm up to 5L, priced from $16.95 to $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311491428721,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311491461489,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/IVnA20zI8pMd7wLDGiWzX_KipDqtdd.jpg?v=1787629995"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-wes04-pbr-grey-box","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia 'WES04' PBR Grey Box","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name Grey Box is a fair summary of what this plant does. The foliage is genuinely grey-green, carried in tight whorls along short internodes, and the habit is naturally dense and rounded, so it clips into a low formal shape without hollowing out in the middle the way older westringias tend to. Small white flowers appear on and off through the year against that grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a coastal specialist: full sun, salt wind, sandy or gravelly ground, and low water once the root system is down. What it will not tolerate is heavy soil that stays wet, and that is the usual explanation when one plant dies suddenly out of an otherwise healthy hedge line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim little and often. One or two light shears a year keeps it tight, whereas letting it run for several seasons and then cutting hard into bare wood risks bald patches that never refill. Despite the common name of native rosemary, it is a hedging shrub and not a culinary herb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 5L up to 250mm, priced from $29.95 to $59.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These mid-range sizes balance establishment speed against immediate presence, and they are the usual choice for general garden planting. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311494115697,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311494148465,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/7UykOHRk3uhJxYQLio3wH_tYeUkHNE.jpg?v=1787629998"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-wes03-pbr-blue-gem-tm","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia 'WES03' PBR Blue Gem TM","description":"\u003cp\u003eSalt wind, sand and benign neglect are the conditions where a westringia looks its best, and Blue Gem was selected for a denser, finer habit than the old coastal rosemary in exactly that setting. The foliage is small and grey green, held in whorls around the stem, with mauve blue flowers appearing through much of the year and peaking in the warm months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not rosemary. The common name catches people out every season: this is an Australian native in the mint family, with no culinary use and no aroma when you brush past it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two ways gardeners lose it are wet feet and bad pruning. Clay that stays damp through winter will kill an established plant far faster than a dry summer ever will, so mound the bed or fix the drainage before planting. Start clipping while the plant is young and keep trimming into green growth, because cuts made back into bare interior wood will not reshoot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311495557489,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/JVZmC0AL2zw45Rdu0SKo_6DQsltn0.jpg?v=1787629998"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-zena","title":"Coastal Rosemary - Westringia fruticosa Zena","description":"\u003cp\u003eZena is the fine leaved end of the coastal rosemary range, a tight selection with small grey-green leaves in whorls of three that clips into a clean face and holds it. White flowers with faint markings in the throat come heaviest in spring, then tick over through the rest of the year. Nothing about it is related to the rosemary in your kitchen: the leaves carry no scent and no culinary use. It is grown for low formal hedging, native edging, and mass planting against paving and paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSun, sand and soil that never dries out\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt handles the conditions that break most low hedging plants: salt wind, sand, reflected heat off paths and driveways, and long dry spells once the roots are down. Full sun, and plants set about 40 to 50 cm apart for a low hedge so the row closes into a single shape. What kills it is water it never asked for. In heavy soil that stays wet, or in a bed on an irrigation system running with lawns and annuals, the roots rot, the plant yellows and thins, and it eventually collapses open at the base. Raise the row on a mound where the ground is clay, work coarse material through the planting soil, keep mulch off the stems, and put it on its own irrigation station if the garden is watered, or on no station at all once it is established. Frost is handled in most temperate gardens, and it recovers well from wind burn on exposed sites. Growth is moderate, which works in favour of a formal hedge, since fewer cuts a year are needed to hold a line, and the plant accepts shaping from its first season in the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChoosing between the three coastal rosemaries\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eZena is the one to specify when the hedge has to look sharp, because the small leaf takes a clean edge and shows the cut line, which the larger leaved forms cannot match. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-jervis-gem\"\u003eJervis Gem\u003c\/a\u003e is a similar size but flowers mauve rather than white, so it is the pick where flower colour is doing work in the planting. The straight species, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa-1\"\u003eWestringia fruticosa\u003c\/a\u003e, is taller and looser and belongs on batters, boundaries and large informal hedges, and it comes in far larger grades. Between the two compact forms, the test is viewing distance: at a path edge or entry, read from a step away, the fine leaf of Zena looks sharper, while along a driveway seen at speed, the mauve flush of Jervis Gem does more. See all three in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/westringia\"\u003ewestringia range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShearing a tight hedge without going too far\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShear lightly and often, starting in the plant's first season, and time the main cut after the spring flush so you are shaping fresh growth rather than removing buds. Always keep leaf below every cut. Westringia reshoots poorly from bare old stems, so let the cut line move outward slightly each year rather than going back into the same woody frame, and a hedge that has already gone bare inside is better replaced than renovated. Feed sparingly in spring, since soft growth from heavy feeding will not hold a clipped edge. Water through the first summer while the root system is going down, then cut back to rainfall on all but the driest sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 140mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $88.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311496868209,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311496900977,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311496933745,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd17-413-zena-coastal-rosemary-westringia-fruticosa_8c953525-cf12-4f7f-98e6-649d8255844e.png?v=1785552070"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-wes05-mundi-pbr","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia 'WES05' MUNDI PBR","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere a full sized hedge would block a view or crowd a path, Mundi does much the same job lying down. It is a low, spreading westringia that mounds rather than climbs, throwing out wide layers of fine grey green foliage with the small white flowers typical of the genus appearing on and off through the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun and free draining soil are what it wants, and once the roots are down it asks very little water, which is why it turns up so often on coastal jobs, in median strips and under windows where salt wind and reflected heat rule out softer plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTip prune it lightly two or three times a year from the day it goes in. Left alone, spreading westringias open in the centre and go woody underneath, and cutting back into bare stems is a slow recovery at best. Avoid deep shade and wet feet. Supplied in 140mm, the size most mass plantings are costed on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 140mm, at $16.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/coastal-planting-salt-and-wind\"\u003ecoastal planting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311511646577,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Mv2OZfaJgtKOkSlbKRO87_YJc2QtKx.jpg?v=1787630240"},{"product_id":"coastal-rosemary-westringia-jervis-gem","title":"Native Rosemary - Westringia Jervis Gem","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuyers regularly mix up the westringias, and the difference matters when a plan calls for a set height. Wynyabbie types make tall shrubs, prostrate selections stay flat, and Jervis Gem sits between them as a compact, rounded, low mounding form with soft mauve toned flowers rather than the plain white of the common coastal rosemary. The foliage is fine, grey green and whorled around the stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a plant for a low informal hedge, a path border, or a repeated soft ball shape through a coastal bed. Full sun, free draining soil and salt laden wind are all fine; wet feet and deep shade are not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune little and often, taking the tips after each flush, and it will hold a dense shape for years. Cut back hard into old bare wood and westringias are slow and patchy about reshooting, which is the usual way these plantings get ruined. Supplied in 5lt for quicker cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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