Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
Sea thrift forms tidy grassy evergreen cushions topped with round pink-to-white flower pompons over a long season, a salt- and drought-tolerant native for coastal beds, rock gardens, and edging.
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, CO, NY, OR, PA, UT, WA