| Description | Red Leaved Thrift (Armeria maritima Rubrifolia) is a Sea Thrift with red-tinged foliage and dark pink flowers in a small ball atop a stem. A very florific plant flowering over a long period of time. |
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| Pronunciation | (ar-MEER-i-ah) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier sites |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Flowers | globe of tiny flowers, bore on a scape that extends above the foliage, 5 petals, 5 stamens and 5 styles, pink to rose pink |
| Fruit | seed capsule with one seed |
| Leaves | 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 a little smaller during the winter |
| Dimensions | 10-12 inches or more by 10-12 inch spread |
| Maintenance | deadheading, maintain the plants vigor, the clump can be divided every 3 years |
| Propagation | seeds, division of clump, separating and rooting the tiny plantlets of the clump |
| Native Site | 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 | this has been a very hardy, long blooming plant in my garden. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Armitage), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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