| Description | This Armeria has small globes of pink flowers on stems above the mound of foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (ar-MEER-i-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, well drained, tolerates drier conditions |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | globe of tiny flowers, borne on a scape that extends above the foliage, 5 petals, 5 stamens and 5 styles, pink |
| Leaves | tuft of 1/8" wide evergreen linear green leaves, evergreen in warmer climates, in zone #5 will be evergreen but the size of the tuft gets a little smaller during the winter |
| Dimensions | 10-12 inches (includes the floral scape) or more by 10-12 inch spread |
| Maintenance | deadheading, maintain the plants vigor, the clump can be divided every 3 years |
| Propagation | seeds, division of clump, separating and rooting the tiny plantlets of the clump |
| Native Site | Native to Northern Europe, Iceland and Greenland |
| Misc Facts | The species name is derived from maritumus pertaining to the sea. Armeria from the French word armories, which means clustered head, referring to the flowers. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Armitage), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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