| Description | An improved Sea Thrift with larger flowers. Best grown in drier, sandy soils. |
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| Pronunciation | (ar-MEER-i-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | average to dry, must be well drained |
| Flowers | globe of tiny deep ruby pink flowers, borne on a scape that extends above the foliage, each flower has 5 petals, 5 stamens and 5 styles |
| Fruit | seed capsule with one seed |
| Leaves | a tuft of 1/8" wide evergreen linear green leaves, evergreen in warmer climates, in zone #5 will be evergreen but the size of the tuft gets much small |
| Dimensions | 8-12 by 12 inches (HS) |
| Maintenance | deadheading, to help maintain the plants vigor the clump can be divided every 3 years |
| Propagation | seeds, division, rooting of the tiny plantlets of the clump |
| Native Site | Species native to Northern Europe, Iceland and Greenland |
| Misc Facts | The species name is derived from maritumus pertaining to the sea. Armeria from the French word armories, which means clustered head, referring to the flowers. |
| Author's Notes | I have only grown this plant on a few occasions but it became apparent that Armeria need well drained soils. |
| Notes & Reference | #4-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Armitage), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Still) |
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