White Mundi™ Westringia fruticosa ‘WES09’ is a versatile, low-growing shrub that offers an exceptional choice for landscape designers and architects seeking to add white tones to their projects. With its distinctive variegated foliage showcasing elegant white margins on a base of grey-green leaves, White Mundi™ Westringia helps create striking contrast in garden designs when paired with typical green tones of other plants.
White Mundi™ Westringia
Aesthetic Appeal and Versatility
This shrub is a superb solution for low hedging and groundcover. Reaching an approximate height of 400mm and spreading up to 1000mm, White Mundi™ Westringia forms a compact, dense structure ideal for defining borders as a manicured shape, or softening pathways and cascading over rocks in its natural un-pruned form. Its refined variegation offers subtle calming tones, as well as depth and texture to landscapes.
Come spring, White Mundi™ Westringia bursts into bloom, producing an abundance of delicate white flowers to enhance its visual impact, complementing its understated foliage.
Durability and Resilience
As a sport of the almost bulletproof Mundi™ Westringia, White Mundi™ Westringia displays exceptional toughness. This native Australian plant thrives in coastal winds, moderate to heavy frosts, heat, humidity, and most remarkably, periodic wet conditions in heavy soils with rampant Phytopthora. Furthermore, once established, White Mundi™ demonstrates remarkable drought tolerance, requiring minimal watering, so it’s perfectly suited for bioswales and roadsides without irrigation or drainage.
Low Maintenance Excellence
White Mundi™ Westringia is a time-saving choice for landscape projects. Its low-maintenance requirements mean it can be pruned annually or left un-pruned to grow naturally, depending on the desired aesthetic. Hedge pruning will maintain a tidy shape, benefitting structured designs, while natural growth enhances softer, organic landscapes and can soften hard lines.
It’s recommended to water during the first six weeks, along with occasional top-ups in the first summer, to help the plant establish. Beyond this, it flourishes with little intervention in seriously tough conditions.
White Mundi™ Westringia
Ideal Growing Conditions
White Mundi™ thrives in full sun to part shade and adapts easily to most soil types, including sandy, rocky, and coastal soils. While it prefers protection in extremely cold climates, it performs reliably across a broad range of Australian states, including ACT, VIC, SA, WA, TAS, NSW, and QLD.
Uses in Landscaping
This shrub is an excellent companion for contrasting plant arrangements. Pair it with green foliage plants such as native grasses or other colours like Little Ruby™ Alternanthera to help other colours ‘pop’. White Mundi™ Westringia is equally striking as a feature border plant or when allowed to trail over rock features in naturalistic designs.
Perfect Native for Adding White Tones in the Landscape
White Mundi™ Westringia offers beauty, practicality, and resilience. With its cream and grey-green variegation, pretty white spring flowers, and robust performance, it can be maintained for both formal and informal garden spaces. For landscape architects and designers, this Australian gem brings a sophisticated charm while meeting the demands of dynamic and sustainable modern landscaping.