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Sea Thrift

SpecksSpecks Posts: 7
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How do we get sea thrift looking full and lovely please. I've ended up with a mound of leaves sitting higher than the soil, does this look right? Thanks 

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited March 2022
    Sea thrift prefers well draining soil.  I'd suggest you repot your plant using a mix of 75% horticultural grit/25% garden soil or loam based compost.  Raise the plant about half a centimeter above the soil surface and top your pot with a half centimeter layer of grit, thereby elevating the plant to keep the foliage dry.  Make sure your pot drains adequately by raising it up on pot feet or similar.  You could prune off the lower brown leaves to tidy up the plant.  Make sure the plant gets as much sun as possible and shelter it from rain over autumn/winter in the shadow of your house/shed or greenhouse.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It just needs a nice free draining medium to grow in. The soil in your pot looks anything but, unfortunately. They're essentially coastal plants, so they need no nutrients -just gritty/sandy soil, and sun  :)
    I grow them in pots and in the ground, but the ones in the ground need loads of free draining soil to do well in my climate. The ones in pots are easier. If you treat it like you would a succulent, that will work well  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Specks said:
    How do we get sea thrift looking full and lovely please. I've ended up with a mound of leaves sitting higher than the soil, does this look right? Thanks 
    It is winter /spring...considering the time of year it looks just fine.
    On Uist ..outer Hebrides I have seen it growing in the salt marsh and covered by the sea at high tide.

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I have a dark one in the gravel beside my pond @Silver surfer. It certainly doesn't mind the conditions there. This was last August, after being planted a short while previously, and it still looks good just now   :)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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