Exposure • Sun

Soil Moisture Needs • Wet

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Spring • Foliage

Bloom Color • Apricot • White

Attributes • Salt Tolerant • Evergreen • Drought Tolerant • Long Blooming • Good Cut Flowers • Ground Cover • Rock Garden

Water Requirements • Water weekly during dry spells

Armeria maritima 'Alba'

Thrift

Charming pure white flowers clustered in tight pompons hover cheerfully on slender stems above tufts of narrow leaves. Grasslike foliage forms low clumps; ideal as a small-scale ground cover or as a specimen in the rock garden.

Armeria (ahr-mee'-ri-ah)

Family: Plumbaginaceae · Common Name: Thrift

Attractive globe-shaped clusters of flowers on slender stems, May to June. Grassy foliage forms low mounds, excellent for rock gardens or garden's edge. Tolerant of dry, poor and even salty soils.