Growing Non-GMO Maritima Series Sea Thrift Flower Seeds

Maritima Series Armeria is a full sun performer and commonly sown directly outdoors after the frost. For earliest blooms, begin seeds indoors 6-8 weeks prior. Armeria seeds are known to take as long as 21-28 days to germinate, with no lighting necessary. Transplant seedlings to a sunny place indoors or in the garden. Maritima Series Armeria is native to heavily salted and dry ocean coasts and thrives where few other plants can.

Do not fertilize Armeria. It thrives in infertile soils that are sandy or rocky. Sea Thrift can tolerate partial shade. Deadheading will encourage a second wave of flowers. Divide every few years if plants look sparse in the centers and start to decline. Armeria is a little tricky to get germinated, but once established it is virtually hands-off and very easy to grow.

Maritima Series Sea Thrift in the Flower Garden

These Maritima Series Sea Thrift flowers will specifically attract butterflies to pollinate your garden. Sea Thrift plants are perfect as a ground cover to protect the soil or as a border for your flower garden.

Landscape Use of Maritima Series Sea Thrift

Sea Thrift is the perfect choice for front borders, ground covers, and edging. Specifically, use Armeria in gardens near oceans with high salt content, which may cause a decline in less adept plants. These are also ideal for gardens or landscapes that are targeted by deer populations, as they are deer resistant. Because Sea Thrift thrives in rocky or sandy soils it is often chosen for xeriscaping as well as for filling in any bare patch of rocky soil.

About Maritima Series Sea Thrift Garden Seeds

Armeria maritima flowers, sometimes called Sea Thrift or Sea Pink throughout the world is a unique garden and ground cover flower. It is one of the few that has been aided by the oceans and is native to all coastal areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Maritima Series Armeria thrives in dry and salinated coastal soils inhabited by few other plants. In fact, its specific name maritima is Latin meaning "sea" or "coast." Sea Thrift is found in abundance in the United Kingdom and has even been featured in British currency.

These 6-12 inch tall flower stalks can also be used for cut flowers. Use them as precious filler flowers in your next arrangement.

Maritima Series Sea Thrift can also be known as Thrift, Cushion Pink, Lady’s Cushion, Lady’s Pincushion, Marsh Daisy, Sea Gilliflower, or Sea Grass. Maritima Armeria flower gardening seeds. Perennial.

These adorable blooming globes will bloom in mid to late spring and again in the summer if deadheaded. The foliage is evergreen and always endearing. Although it reaches full maturity in the second year, it is possible to get a few blooms in the first season when starting from seed.

Stories From Our Gardeners

"Armeria is always my top pick for a filler plant for coastal gardens. Its charm and durability in those scenarios just can’t be beaten in my opinion."

- Lara Wadsworth, True Leaf Market Writer

Maritima Series Sea Thrift Seeds Per Package:

• 250 mg packet - Approximately 530 Seeds
• 1g packet - Approximately 2,110 Seeds
• .25 oz - Approximately 15,000 Seeds
• 1 oz - Approximately 60,000 Seeds

Non-GMO Maritima Series Sea Thrift seeds are available for Fast Free Shipping on qualifying orders.