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Plumbaginaceae
Alpine thrift
Armeria alpina
Also known as Armeria, Sea pink, Sea thrift, Armeria elongata var. alpina
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Alpine Plant · Rock Garden · Thrift · Armeria · Drought Tolerant · Compact Perennial · Pink Flowers · Border Plant · Low Maintenance
Alpine thrift is a charming, compact perennial ideal for rock gardens, borders, and alpine troughs, thriving in full sun with excellent drainage. It is very drought tolerant once established and requires minimal watering; consistently wet or heavy soils will cause root rot. Trim back lightly after flowering to maintain a tidy mounded shape and encourage repeat blooming.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; allow soil to dry out almost completely between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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