| Description | A good early blooming plant for the dry rock garden areas of the garden. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | Happily grows in dry, infertile soils. Great for rock gardens. Also salt tolerant. |
| Flowers | The globe of tiny flowers is bore on a scape that extends above the foliage. Each flower has 5 petals, 5 stamens and 5 styles. Flowers of natural species are pink or white. |
| Fruit | seed capsule produces one seed |
| Leaves | a tuft of 1/8" wide evergreen linear green leaves, each leaf has a vein running down the center |
| Dimensions | The tuft of foliage is 4-6 inches and the flower scape about 12 inches. |
| Maintenance | To maintain the plants vigor, the clump should be divided every 2-3 years. |
| Propagation | Very easy from seeds or divisions 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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