Scientific Name: Armeria maritima
Common Name: thrift
Family Name: Plumbaginaceae
Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, Canada - eastern, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Dense
Form: Mounded
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Green roof technology, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Spring interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Spike, Pink, May-Jun
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves long, narrow, linear and tightly packed to forma small clump that's usually less than 30cm wide; florets pink and in compact clusters on erect scapes (peduncles) about 15cm long.