Lady's Cushion Armeria maritima
Other Common Name(s):
Other plants called Lady's Cushion:
- Phonetic Spelling
- ar-MER-ee-ah mar-ih-TEE-mah
- Description
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Sea thrift tolerates moderate salt spray and grows naturally on the Mediterranean coastline. It tends to form tufts or clumps and a rounded mat. You should provide perfect drainage or clumps may die out. The short, grass-like foliage may be overgrown by taller, spreading perennials if care is not taken to protect its site from intrusion. This plant does not tolerate foot traffic. You can propogate this plant through clump division.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Alba'
White flowers
- 'Alba'
- 'Alba'
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Alba'
White flowers
- 'Alba'
- 'Alba'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Armeria
- Species:
- maritima
- Family:
- Plumbaginaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Division
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Europe and North America, Greenland
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- dry soil, sandy soil, drought, shallow rocky soil, tolerates moderate salt spray
- Dimensions:
- Height: 0 ft. 6 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 0 ft. 6 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ground Cover
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Perennial
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Clumping
- Rounded
- Spreading
- Growth Rate:
- Slow
- Maintenance:
- Medium
- Texture:
- Fine
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Available Space To Plant:
- Less than 12 inches
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Description:
- This plant has bright pink or white, round, balloon-like flower heads on scapes in spring from April to May.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Thin, grass-like, dark green foliage
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Coastal
- Container
- Landscape Theme:
- Rock Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Mass Planting
- Attracts:
- Butterflies
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Drought
- Dry Soil
- Salt
