Other names: Sea cabbage , Sea colewort , Seakale
C. maritima is a spreading, mounding perennial with large, round, ruffled, blue-green leaves. In early summer it has thick stems that are topped with flat racemes of white, scented flowers.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Ceanothus maritimus 'Point Sierra' (Maritime ceanothus 'Point Sierra')
Other names: California lilac 'Point Sierra', Californian lilac 'Point Sierra', Maritime California lilac 'Point Sierra', Bluff California lilac 'Point Sierra', Ceanothus maritimus 'Pt. Sierra'
'Point Sierra' is a dense, mound-forming, evergreen shrub with small, glossy, oval, leathery, dark green leaves and spherical panicles of dull white buds opening to violet-blue flowers from late winter into spring.
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2.4m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Lobularia maritima (Sweet alyssum)
Other names: Alyssum maritimum
L. maritima is a compact, mat- to mound-forming annual or short-lived perennial with linear, slightly hairy, grey-green leaves and rounded racemes of tiny, slightly cupped, white or pale purple-pink flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Tripleurospermum inodorum (Scentless mayweed )
Other names: Matricaria perforata, Matricaria maritima
T. inodorum is a dense, branching annual with finely-divided, mid-green leaves and white flowers with yellow centres from late spring to early autumn.
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0.4m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Lobularia maritima 'Sweet White' (Sweet alyssum 'Sweet White')
Other names: Alyssum maritimum 'Sweet White', Alyssum maritima procumbens 'Sweet White'
'Sweet White' is a compact, branching, mat-forming annual or short-lived perennial with linear, grey-green leaves and white, honey-scented flowers in summer. The aromatic flowers attract hoverflies and other beneficial insects.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Lobularia maritima 'Carpet Of Snow' (Sweet alyssum 'Carpet Of Snow')
Other names: Alyssum maritimum 'Carpet Of Snow'
'Carpet Of Snow' is a compact, mat- or mound-forming, borderline hardy annual or short-lived perennial with linear to narrowly lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and corymbs of tiny, fragrant, white flowers in summer.
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0.15m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Lobularia maritima 'Rosie O'Day' (Sweet alyssum 'Rosie O'Day')
Other names: Alyssum maritimum 'Rosie O'Day', Alyssum maritima procumbens 'Rosie O'Day', Lobularia maritima procumbens 'Rosie O'Day'
'Rosie O'Day' is a compact, mat-forming annual or short-lived perennial with linear, grey-green leaves and deep rose-pink, honey-scented flowers in summer. The aromatic flowers attract hoverflies and other beneficial insects.
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0.15m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorfer Stolz' (Thrift 'Dusseldorfer Stolz' )
Other names: Armeria maritima 'Düsseldorfer Stolz', Sea thrift 'Dusseldorfer Stolz', Sea pink 'Dusseldorfer Stolz', Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride', Armeria maritima Düsseldorf Pride
'Dusseldorfer Stolz' is a compact, dense, tufted, evergreen perennial with stiff, grass-like, dark green leaves and slender, erect, stems bearing compact, rounded clusters of dark pink to reddish-pink flowers from mid-spring into summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-3years to maturity |
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (Sea beet)
Other names: Beta maritima, Acelga-brava, Wild beetroot
B. vulgaris subsp. maritima is a variable, clump-forming annual, biennial, or perennial with leathery, glossy, ovate, edible, mid- to dark green leaves and loose, slender spikes of tiny, yellow-green flowers from early summer to early autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Lavatera maritima (Tree mallow)
Other names: Lavatera maritima bicolor, Lavatera bicolor, Malva bicolor
L. maritima is a small evergreen shrub with grey-green foliage that produces a profusion of large, pink, lilac and white flowers with magenta veins from late summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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