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Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Good plant #35 - Armeria 'Nifty Thrifty'

A reliable and tough evergreen alpine plant.  This variegated variety of thrift grows anywhere in my experience.  However, I think it looks best surrounded by golden gravel.  It also tends to loose its variegation in less sunny sites.

You do not have do anything to look after this plant really.  For absolute tip top performance, a very sunny site and very light, very well-drained (almost poor) soil is best.  This keeps the plant compact.  Removing the dead flower heads makes it look a bot tidier too, although I don't do this until the very end of the season.

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