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Caryophyllaceae
Greater Sea-spurrey
Spergularia media
Also known as Rock sea spurrey, Salt marsh spurrey, Spergularia media, Spergularia marginata var. attalii
Native Plants · Coastal · Salt-Tolerant · Pink-Flowers · Rock-Garden · Sandy-Soil · Wildflower · Seaside · Low-Growing · Perennial
Greater Sea-spurrey is a salt-tolerant coastal perennial that produces delicate pink flowers and thrives in sandy or gravelly, well-drained soils. It is well-suited to seaside gardens or rock gardens where few other plants survive. Provide full sun to partial shade and avoid heavy clay soils or overly rich compost.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; tolerates brackish or saline conditions and prefers soil that dries slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Desventurados Is., East Aegean Is.
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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