{"id":6952,"date":"2014-11-04T00:36:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T07:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6952"},"modified":"2014-11-01T02:03:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T09:03:48","slug":"tips-on-growing-thrift-armeria-maritima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/growing-easy-plants\/tips-on-growing-thrift-armeria-maritima\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on Growing Thrift &#8211; Armeria Maritima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Armeria juniperfolia x maritima \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4521008113\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2707\/4521008113_1b5a58373e.jpg\" alt=\"Armeria juniperfolia x maritima\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Armeria maritima has many local names and is <strong>also known as<\/strong> Sea Pink, Cliff Clover, Ladies&#8217; Cushions, Heugh (or cliff) daisy, Armeria juniperifolia or Marsh daisy and Sea thrift.<br \/>\nThe colour of the 1&#8243; ball shaped flowers varies from white Alba through pink and mauve to dark red.<br \/>\nThe clumps of dark green foliage form good mounds useful for contrast of shape in a rock garden. The densely packed grass like leaves are up to 5 inches long.<br \/>\nThrift is a perennial but if it browns in the center split the plant.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cultivation Tips<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Thrift grows well in dry, sandy soil or low fertility soil.<br \/>\nIt is very salt tolerant hence its appearance as a wild flower along the coast.<br \/>\nTake basal cuttings in summer or divide large clumps in Autumn.<br \/>\nThey need full sun all day but can tolerate dry, windy conditions.<br \/>\nThrift flowers in spring through summer. Remove spent flowers to encourage more blooms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Varieties to consider and Other Names<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thrift is also known as Sea Pink, Armeria Maritima, Sea Pink,<\/li>\n<li>Armeria maritima alba is a white variety<\/li>\n<li>Splendens is the best Pink variety.<\/li>\n<li>Bloodstone is dark red.<\/li>\n<li>Vindictive is light pink and has an AGM from RHS<\/li>\n<li>Laucheana has dark green foliage with bright pink flowers<\/li>\n<li>Rubrifolia ihas dark bronze grass-like foliage turning deep red in winter and a cluster of pink globe shaped flowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"from Captain Oates on Flickr\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2430\/3663453870_62baf6a049_d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Unusual Facts about <\/strong><strong>Thrift<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The old 3d bit the 12 sided British coin has a thrift plant on the obverse side.<\/li>\n<li>Thrift is a good nectar plant much appreciated by butterflies and moths.<\/li>\n<li>Thrift makes an interesting cut flower and can also be dried.<\/li>\n<li>Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/search.thompson-morgan.com\/search?p=Q&amp;lbc=thompson-morgan&amp;uid=557154991&amp;ts=custom&amp;w=armeria&amp;af=&amp;isort=score&amp;method=and&amp;view=plaintext&amp;cnt=300\">Seeds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>from Thompson &amp; Morgan.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sea Pinks are good plants for the coast.<\/li>\n<li>Thrift can absorb large amounts of copper and survive in contaminated soil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Images of <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.co.uk\/images?q=thrift%20plant&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rlz=1R1GGGL_en___GB345&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;hl=en&amp;tab=wi\">Thrift<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Old Tips From Gardeners Tips<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/sea-pink.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336 aligncenter\" title=\"sea-pink\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/sea-pink.jpg\" alt=\"Thrift\" width=\"499\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/sea-pink.jpg 807w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/sea-pink-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tips for Growing Perennial Sea Thrift<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Looks good in walls and rockeries and will stand an open windy position<\/li>\n<li>Deadheading will prolong flowering.<\/li>\n<li>Makes a clump of grass like leaves and flower stalks are 6 inches long with white pink or red flowers<\/li>\n<li>Dividing large clumps should be done in early spring to rejuvenate plant.<\/li>\n<li>Can be grown from seed<\/li>\n<li>Prefers well drained soil or the plant may rot in center.<\/li>\n<li>Sea Pinks do not need fertiliser but like a sandy soil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo credit by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7381171@N05\/3663453870\/sizes\/m\/\">Captain Oate<\/a>s at the Seaside<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armeria maritima has many local names and is <strong>also known as<\/strong> Sea Pink, Cliff Clover, Ladies&#8217; Cushions,  Heugh (or cliff) daisy, Armeria juniperifolia or Marsh daisy and Sea thrift.<br \/>\nThe colour of the 1&#8243; ball shaped flowers varies from white Alba through pink and mauve to dark red.<br \/>\nThe clumps of dark green foliage form good mounds useful for contrast of shape in a rock garden. The densely packed grass like leaves are up to 5 inches long. Growing Thrift is easy even in salt ladened sea air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[65,56],"class_list":["post-6952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing-easy-plants","tag-perennial","tag-rockery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}