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Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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msrose zone8TX (
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Sat, Jun 28, 14 at 10:34
| I bought a blue pincushion plant this year and I'm loving it. The flowers are so cute and it hasn't stopped blooming. I came across a picture of sea thrift armeria online and the flowers look similar to the pincushion, but the grassy plant is actually a neater looking plant. Does anyone grow both. Does the sea thrift bloom as good as the pincushion? |
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RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| In my experience, Armeria, is much more compact, but neither are very long-lived perennials here. |
RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| I gave up on Armeria/sea thrift after winter sowing seeds two or three years running and getting extremely few seedlings. I don't recall there ever even being enough sprouts to either pot up or plant out. I'm more inclined to put effort into things I can grow, neglect & enjoy, such as dianthus, rose campion, turtlehead, penstemon/beardtongue, stokesia, Siberian iris & Shasta daisy. The link below gives growing information. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sea thrift/Armeria
RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| The link makes it sound like it doesn't bloom as long as my pincushion, so that may be a negative. |
RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| There's a lot of pluses to this plant, IMO. First it's evergreen, it spreads modestly to form a nice colony, it is drought tolerant and it always presents a neat and tidy appearance, even when the flowers go over. I would take it over scabiosa any day of the week. Flowers are one thing but all-around long-term visual appeal (and virtually NO maintenance) counts for a lot more with me :-)) I grow several varieties but the red leafed one, Armeria maritime 'Rubrifolia', is my favorite. |
RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| This plant is short lived in my garden due to clay soil and bunnies eating the blossoms. There is one plant left in my fenced veg. garden. Looking forward to its lovely bloom. |
RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| I love Seathrift! I had no issues at all wintersowing them. The picture shows 2 different colors that came from a mix called Melton's Pastels. They have already finished blooming and have started to brown up at the flower heads, but I still like the look of them!
 
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RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| ladygladys - Wow. Those look taller than I thought they would be. I just love the blooms! gardengal - Oh! I love the red foliage! Did you have to order that one or did you find it in your local nurseries? |
RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| I found them to be relatively short-lived with spring only bloom season. I wonder if they are not fond of acid soil which both gardenweed and I have. None of the varieties I grew exceeded 6" in height, even when in bloom. |
RE: Tell me about Sea thrift armeria
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| Needs lean soil with very good drainage, much like lavender. Doesn't care about acidic soil - I have that, too. It is a front of the border or edging plant......low and spreading, similar to a groundcover but without the vigorous spread. I like it along dry stream beds or in a rock garden/top of a rock wall. And the red leafed form is a regular here in nurseries as are many other types. But then it is native to this area, which might explain why it does so well :-)) |
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