Frankenia Species, Sea Heath

Lovely little Plant adding variety to an Alpine Bed, but flaky in terms of hanging on to life – blossoms some years with good growth wh...Read Moreich has an attractive array of delicate lilac coloured blossom on deep green foliage resembling miniature ground covering coniferous trees. Then it would appear the rigors of our Pennine winter weather knocks it back to the point of almost killing it ever couple of years or so.

i love the colour of this plant it has green and red leaves which stand out brilliantly on a alpine garden. mine hasn't flowered yet but ...Read Moreim sure it will start to spread and when better developed it will probably flower nicely. not sure whether this is hardy in my area but after doing some research it can apparently survive in temperatures down to about -6C (21.2F) so should be fine but if not i suppose it would probably come back from the roots because temperatures dont get too low here.

This plant is not worth a place in the garden. When not in flower it slowly spreads it's mat of grey/green foliage. The small pink flower...Read Mores in summer are of little interest. It is a native of the western Mediterranean and grows in saltings.