Armeria maritima
Armeria maritima or Sea thrift is a small, slow and low growing plant. It is notable for its pink or white flowering in spring and its tolerance to drought and salinity
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Armeria maritima or Sea thrift is a herbaceous evergreen plant of reduce growth, which belongs to the plumbaginaceae family.
It is a small and beautiful plant of dark green leaves whose spherical flowers in pink or white flowers emerge up right offering a nice contrast.
It is ideal to be used in a rockery garden or for edgings or border fronts.
For it to thrive properly it needs rich soils with a good drainage system, in addition to a sunny spot.
When the place does not have good drainage and soils remains wet for a long time, tuft tends to open from the middle. Once the plant is well seated it practically does not need any water.
Armeria offers high tolerance to environment's and water's salinity.
Once the flowering has finnished it is recommended to remove dry strands of flowers and leaves, even the tuft can be cut in the case that it is not developing correctly.
Sea thrift do withstand cold or freezing temperatures and usually it does not suffer from pests or diseases.
Consulted sources in addition to our experience with this plant:
Data sheet
- Name
- Armeria Maritima
- Origen
- Europe
- Height
- Between 20-25cm
- Colour
- White flowers , purple or red
- Flowering
- Spring-Summer
- Location
- Sun
- Irrigation
- Moderate
- Applications
- Among the rockery, as a carpeting plant in gardens
- Sales format
- Pot 13cm
- Others
- Resistant to temperatures up to -5C
- Note
- Being the product a living plant and depending on the season, this plant could be received, in some cases, not exactly the same as in the photography, but as similar as possible, without impacting on quality of the same.
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