Armeria maritima is the botanical name for a species of flowering plant. It is a popular garden flower, known by several common names, including “thrift”, “sea thrift”, and “sea pink”.
The plant has been distributed worldwide as a garden and cut flower. It does well in gardens designed as xeriscapes or rock gardens. If planted in its native coastal strand, this plant needs no supplementary irrigation after established. Plant in full sun, in well draining soils or in cliffs or rock walls. Often short lived away from cool seashore conditions since supplementary watering will often rot centers of plants.