Grey Box Native Rosemary - Westringia fruticosa Grey Box

• Westringia fruticosa Grey Box is a compact Australian native with soft grey foliage and a naturally rounded habit, delivering the refined look of English Box hedging with far greater drought tolerance and far less maintenance.
• White flowers appear from spring through to autumn, providing months of subtle seasonal colour across the distinctive grey foliage throughout the warmer months.
• Highly drought tolerant, frost hardy, and wind resistant, making it one of the toughest and most versatile low hedging plants available for Australian gardens in exposed, coastal, and low-water settings.
• Left unpruned it forms a tidy rounded ball of 30 to 45cm. Clipped, it holds a crisp formal shape at around 30cm, making it equally suited to structured formal hedges and relaxed natural borders.
• Adaptable to virtually any soil type in full sun to semi shade, and suited to formal hedges, borders, mass plantings, containers, coastal gardens, and native garden designs.

Plant Grey Box Westringia as a low formal hedge along garden borders, pathways, and courtyard edges where its soft grey foliage and naturally compact habit create a refined, structured look with minimal upkeep. In formal garden designs, use it as a native alternative to English Box for edging garden beds, framing entrances, and defining geometric planting schemes with a crisp, polished finish. Mass plant across open garden beds and slopes for a cohesive, low-water groundcover effect that provides year-round grey foliage colour and white seasonal flowers with virtually no maintenance. In coastal gardens, its high wind and salt tolerance make it one of the most reliable low hedging plants available for exposed positions near the coast.

Q: Is Grey Box Westringia a good alternative to English Box? 

Yes, Westringia Grey Box is one of the best native alternatives to English Box, offering a similar compact rounded habit and formal hedging capability with far greater drought tolerance, frost hardiness, and wind resistance, and requiring significantly less water and maintenance.

Q: When does Grey Box Westringia flower? 

Grey Box Westringia flowers from spring through to autumn, producing small white blooms across its grey foliage over an extended seasonal period from approximately September through to May.

Q: How far apart should I plant Grey Box for a hedge? 

For a tight, seamless formal hedge, space Grey Box Westringia plants 25 to 30cm apart and clip two to three times during the growing season to maintain a crisp, structured edge.

Q: Is Grey Box Westringia suitable for coastal gardens? 

Yes, Grey Box Westringia has high wind and drought tolerance and thrives in coastal conditions, making it an excellent choice for exposed sunny positions in coastal gardens in virtually any soil type.