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Thrift Seapink
( Armeria maritima )
Armeria maritima
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About Thrift Seapink (Armeria maritima)
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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
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Very Low
Summer Irrigation
Max 2x / month once established
Nurseries
Carried by 31
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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