Sea pink is a little gem of a plant with very pretty tufts of light pink or dark pink flowers on wiry stems held well about the narrow grassy leaves. When seen out of flower, it could easily pass for a tuft of short grass. But now, and through much of the summer, the plants produce their showy flowers. It is also known by the common name of thrift, or armeria, which is its botanical name. It gets the name of sea pink because it grows on rocky shores around the coast – more plentiful in some places than in others.