Extremely vigorous; mine is about 2 feet tall and 1.5 feet wide, in only a 1-gallon pot. Only cost me $7. Looks like a better alternati...Read Moreve to Rosemary in my Louisiana climate, with almost identical foliage and flowers, but apparently more tolerant of rain / humidity. Also quite tolerant of salt spray. 'Little Gem' is apparently a Westringia hybrid, notable for its much more vividly-blue flowers than Westringia fruticosa.
Update: A few days after creating this entry, I noticed that the tag on the plant's branch (from the grower, Bracy's Nursery) calls it Westringia 'Blue Gem' (WES03), but the sticker on the pot (from the nursery where I purchased it) calls it Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem.' I'm not sure if these are synonyms, or what the deal is. I would tend to trust the tag from the original grower over the tag from the seller. For what it's worth, SmGrowers says 'Wynyabbie Gem' is a "hybrid between the coastal Westringia fruticosa and the inland Westringia eremicola." So even if they are different, they are both hybrids. Maybe 'Blue Gem' is just a simpler and more catchy name that the grower has decided to start using?
Sept. 2014: Well, my plant has done decently, but huge sections of it suddenly die off. After dealing with this for a long time, most of the plant died off this month, and I yanked the remainder. So I would say it simply rains too much here. And the blooms were quite insignificant. On to the next one...
Extremely vigorous; mine is about 2 feet tall and 1.5 feet wide, in only a 1-gallon pot. Only cost me $7. Looks like a better alternati...Read More