Topic: "Chia" looking ground cover [Solved] Armeria maritima (Sea Thrift)

[Patty S]

There is a crazy lady who has Blue Star Creeper & this ground cover on her small, sloping front yard. 
     
In the summer it's absolutely gorgeous... but she wants it all out of there, so she can bark it & plant a few shrubs!   (I was happy to help her out by digging it all up & bringing it home.)

She calls it "Sea Sprite", but I Googled that, & all I come up with is an underwater plant. The pics almost make it appear as a succulent, but it's not.  Its foliage is thicker than common lawn grass & feels more like soft evergreen needles. It grows in mounds & spreads from the roots, as well as seeds from the little pinkish/burgundy colored flowers that grow on little spikes, taller than the greenery. (Evergreen)
     

[barleychown]

Well, she remembered part of the name correctly! I would say it's sea thrift.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=sea+thrift&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[Patty S]

Thanx, Sarah... I figured you'd come through on this one!

I looked it up on a couple sites, & found out that it's deer resistant! It's gunna be perfect for a section of the hill above my Iris row! (I think I finally have all the plants I needed for that slope now.)

[Patty S]

Seven months after planting this stuff on a section of my hill, it's absolutely BEAUTIMUS!!  
     
I can't wait for it to spread out & take over!  

Does anyone know how long these blossoms will last? I sure wouldn't be a darned bit unhappy if they lasted all summer long!

[patches]

Patty, mine only blooms in the spring and early part of summer, but it may last longer were you live.     Geesh, yours are absolutely gorgeous and they are a much darker and brighter pink than mine!