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Armeria maritima 'Alba'

Common Name

White Sea Thrift, Sea Pink

Soil

Well-drained, unfertilized, Sand, Chalk amongst limestone rocks

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Dry. Will not tolerate being drowned.

Plant Type / Alpine/Alpine

Evergreen Perennial/ Alpine

Height x Spread in feet

6-12 inches x 12 inches

Evergreen Foliage

Dark green, narrow, stiff, 2-5 inches long.

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

White, 1 inch wide pompom flowers in May-August

Comment

Hummock to mat-forming plant, which is native to the Northern hemisphere and Southern South America on coastal cliffs, beaches and salt marshes, as well as mountains inland. A very variable species with many ill-defined varieties and subspecies:-

• Armeria maritima subsp. elongata (Tall Sea Thrift)
• Armeria maritima subsp. sibirica
• Armeria maritima subsp. halleri
• Armeria maritima subsp. purpurea
• Armeria maritima subsp. alpina
• Armeria maritima subsp. andina in the Southern Patagonian treeless steppe
• Armeria maritima 'Alba' (White Flower Sea Thrift)
• Armeria maritima 'Nifty Thrifty' (Variegated Sea Thrift)
• Armeria maritima 'Rubrifolia' (Red Leaf Sea Thrift)

Ideal for the rock garden, raised bed, scree as an edging plant and alpine house. Cut off flowers and stems immediately after the flowers fade, and they will rebloom. Replace plants after they become loose and straggly. Poke sections of stem into the soil in the spring, where they will root to produce your next plants.

Available from Kevock Garden Plants .

Also available from Kevock Garden Plants is Armeria pungens with pink flowers and
Armeria rubifolia with red flowers.

Companions

Santolina, thymus, sempervivum, sedum, Pacific Coast iris, saxifraga, lavandula, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides and Eryngium maritimum.