page_title: Armeria maritima
section_title: In popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Armeria maritima / In popular culture
caption_attribution_description: A 1943 threepenny bit.
context_page_description: Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is a compact evergreen perennial which grows in low clumps and sends up long stems that support globes of bright pink flowers. In some cases purple, white or red flowers also occur. It is a popular garden flower and has been distributed worldwide as a garden and cut flower. It does well in gardens designed as xeriscapes or rock gardens.
context_section_description: The British threepence coin issued between 1937 and 1952 had a design of thrift on the reverse.
  As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose sea thrift as the "county flower" of the Isles of Scilly.
  Thrift was mentioned in Sir John Betjeman's poem 'A Bay in Anglesea'.
  Pink Thrift was a memorable part of the description of Kirrin Castle around which many of the adventures of Enid Blyton's Famous Five took place: "The  coarse  green  grass  sprang  everywhere, and pink thrift grew its cushions in holes and crannies."
caption: A 1943 threepenny bit
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