Thrift Seapink, Armeria maritima

About Thrift Seapink (Armeria maritima) 34 Nurseries Carry This Plant

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Armeria maritima is the botanical name for a species of flowering plant. It is a popular garden flower, known by several common names, including "thrift", "sea thrift", and "sea pink".

The plant has been distributed worldwide as a garden and cut flower. It does well in gardens designed as xeriscapes or rock gardens. If planted in its native coastal strand, this plant needs no supplementary irrigation after established. Plant in full sun, in well draining soils or in cliffs or rock walls. Often short lived away from cool seashore conditions since supplementary watering will often rot centers of plants.

Plant Description

Plant Type

Perennial herb

Size

6 - 12 in tall
4 - 12 in wide

Form

Upright, Mounding, Rounded

Growth Rate

Moderate

Dormancy

Evergreen, Summer Deciduous

Flower Color

Purple, Pink

Flowering Season

Spring

Wildlife Supported

Many pollinators are attracted to the flowers
Butterfly gardens

Landscaping Information

Sun

Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture

Very Low

Summer Irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Nurseries

Carried by 34

Ease of Care

Very Easy

Cold Tolerance

Tolerates cold to 20 - 30° F

Soil Drainage

Fast

Soil Description

Well draining clay or sand soil, clay or rock cliffs. Tolerates Saline Soil. Soil PH: 4 - 10

Common uses

Butterfly Gardens, Deer Resistant

Companion Plants

Giant Coreopsis (Leptosyne gigantea), Bluff Lettuce (Dudleya farinosa),Coast Dudleya (Dudleya caespitosa), Seaside Fleabane (Erigeron glaucus), Coast Eriogonum (Eriogonum latifolium), Pink Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata), Gumweed (Grindelia stricta var platyphylla)

Maintenance

Prune back dead folliage and deadhead in spring.

Propagation?

For propagating by seed: No treatment.

Natural Setting

Site Type

Ocean bluffs, ridges, strand, sand, exposed grassy places

Climate

Annual Precipitation: 11.1" - 71.0", Summer Precipitation: 0.15" - 2.54", Coldest Month: 41.4" - 54.1", Hottest Month: 55.6" - 76.3", Humidity: 0.01" - 23.71", Elevation: -47" - 2055"

Alternative Names

Common Names: California Seapink, Sea Pink, Sea Thrift

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

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