Armeria hybrida Bees Hybrids

Armeria. juniperifolia

Syn: Armeria. pseudarmeria
Form: Perennial evergreen, clump-forming, sub-shrub
Height: 12in (30cm)
Spread: 12in (30cm)
Foliage: Narrow, grass-like, dark-green leaves
Flowers: In spring and early summer producing round heads of ruby coloured flower heads

Easily grown long flowering plants with unusual ball shaped flower heads on thin wiry stems which make a pleasant addition to the flower border. Thriving in ordinary garden soil and particularly useful in full sun and poor soil. They flower and flower the whole summer long, starting in June and often not stopping till early November, and the colour range is glorious, from shocking pink through cerise, red, lilac to palest pink. Attractive in and out of flower they make pleasing rounded dense cushions of growth which are evergreen through the winter. Flowers all summer. 

Transplant when large enough to handle into 7.5cm (3in) pots. Place in a cold frame or plunge the pots up to their rims in a sheltered site outdoors and plant out in the autumn 23-30cm (9-12in) apart.

Form: Evergreen densely cushioned sub-shrub
Height: 2-3in (5-8cm)
Spread: 6in (15cm)
Foliage: Having loose rosettes of narrow, pointed, mid to grey-green leaves
Flowers: In late spring, early summer producing round heads of small pink flowers

Form: Evergreen clump-forming perennial (dwarf sub-shrub)
Height: 4in (10cm)
Spread: 6in (15cm)
Foliage: Dark blue-green, grass-like, leaves
Flowers: During the summer producing many spherical heads of white to deep-pink flowers held on thin wiry stems

Excellent as an edging for a border or at the side of a patio.

Form: Evergreen clump-forming perennial
Height: 4in (10cm)
Spread: 6in (15cm)
Foliage: Dark blue-green, grass-like, leaves
Flowers: During the summer producing many spherical heads of deep rose-pink flowers held on thin wiry stems

Form: Evergreen clump-forming perennial
Height: 12in (30cm)
Spread: 12in (30cm)
Foliage: Narrow, strap-like, glaucous green leaves
Flowers: In summer spherical heads of white, sometimes suffused with pink, flowers are borne on stiff, upright stems.

Cultivation: -

Grow in well drained, poor to reasonably fertile soil, in full sun.

Propagation: -

Sow in the cold frame during either autumn or early to late spring after first soaking the seeds in warm water for 6-8 hours. Use any good seed compost and cover the seeds very lightly so that they are only just covered with compost. Germination usually takes 14-21 days at 16-18C (60-70F).

Plants can be divided in early spring.

Fully Hardy

Pests & Diseases: -