thrift
Armeria maritima
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size6 to 12 inches tall6 to 12 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Pink to white
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Thrift (Armeria maritima) is a perennial for rock gardens, borders, containers, and ground cover. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. Pink to white flowers sit atop slender stalks in spring and again in summer, and bees and butterflies visit them. Deer tend to browse other plants first. The narrow leaves form dense evergreen tussocks.
Pairs well with Blue grama, Sundrops, and Heather.
Native range
North America, Europe, Central Asia, Arctic, and 12 more places. See all 16
North America, Europe, Central Asia, Arctic, Aleutian Is., Azores, Buryatiya, Føroyar, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, NW. Balkan Pen., Sakhalin, and Yakutiya.