Scientific Name: Armeria x hybrida
Common Name: hybrid thrift
Family Name: Plumbaginaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Dense
Form: Mounded
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Ground cover, Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Spike, White, Purple, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves long, narrow, linear, and tightly packed, most 1-2mm wide x 10-15cm long; florets commonly pink, in rounded compact clusters on erect scapes (peduncles) about 15cm long.