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Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) is hardy in zones 4 through 9. This flower prefers full sun to partial shade. It grows to a height of about ten inches tall.
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Candytuft (Iberis)
Perennial
Candytuft plants grow 8 to 12 inches high and wide; their narrow, shiny dark green leaves look great all year.

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Candytuft, Evergreen Candytuft
Scientific Name: Iberis sempervirens L.
Synonym:
Family: Brassicaceae ...

Candytuft
Covered with masses of small fragrant white flowers in spring, these evergreen ground covers are excellent for edging, rock gardens and containers, especially in combination with spring flowering bulbs.

Candytuft
Candytuft, Iberis, is any of several small perennial and annual herbs, native to Europe, that belong to the mustard family, Cruciferae ...

Candytuft are very easy to grow. They prefer full to partial sun and a well drained soil. They will do well in average or poor soils, and tolerate dry soil conditions. They are perfect for rock gardens.

Common name: Candytuft, Annual Candytuft
Botanical name: Iberis amara Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard family) ...

Aethionema grandiflorum Syn.: Aethionema pulchellum vernac. Persian candytuft , Persian stone cress
Savill Garden, Surrey, 18 May
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Iberis sempervirens (Evergreen candytuft)
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Candytuft
Canna lilies. Cannaceae, the canna family. Several ornamental or hybrids have brilliantly colored flowers in yellow or orange or red or salmon.

Candytuft is not named for candy, but for Candia, i.e, Crete, one of the southern European locales where Iberis sempervirens is a common wildflower.

Candytuft (annual), Iberis amara, I. umbellata
Candytuft, Annual, Iberis umbellata
Candytuft, Globe, Iberis umbellata ...

Candytuft
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About 30 species of low growing annuals, perennials, and subshrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, linear or obovate.

Perennial Candytuft Iberis Sempervirens
Create a celestial illusion of the Milky Way in your spring garden with globular clusters of perennial white candytuft, Iberis sempervirens.
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Little Gem Candytuft ( Iberis sempervirens )
Little Gem Holly ( Ilex crenata )
Little Gem Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ) ...

Synonym: Noccaea montana. Thlaspi montanum. Noccaea fendleri subspecies glauca. (Wild Candytuft)
Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)
Lower montane through alpine. Woodlands, openings, meadows. Spring, summer.
Cinnamon Pass, August 1, 2007.

Description:
Candytuft has an abundance of early Spring blooming white-flowers above a mound of linear, evergreen foliage.

Globe candytuft (Iberis umbellata)
Globeflower (Trollius europaeus)
Glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa species)
Gloxinia (Gloxinia species, Sinningia species)
Godetia, farewell-to-spring (Godetia grandiflora, Clarkia grandiflora, Clarkia amoena) ...

Iberis sempervirens (Evergreen candytuft, Perennial candytuft) is a flowering plant which is used as an ornamental plant.

Candytuft, in blue, pink and all shades of mauve. Calendula, varieties Camp Fire, the best crimson-orange, Geisha Girl, an orange with incurved petals, and Orange King, a beautiful orange.

Alliums Iberis (Evergreen candytuft)
Anemone Iris
Aquilegia (Columbine) Ligularia
Astilbe Lunaria (Moneyplant)
Begonia Lysichiton (Skunk Cabbage)
Brunnera (Bugloss) Mertensia (Virginia Bluebells)
Caladium Monarda (Beebalm) ...

'Snowflake' perennial candytuft (Iberis sempervirens 'Schneeflocke'), H 20 cm, W 60 cm, part shade to full sun, Zone 4
Star magnolia (Magnolia stellata), H 6 m, W 5 m, part shade to full sun, Zone 5 ...

Iberis Umbellata
Annual Candytuft
Native: Yes
Annual
Habitat: Full sun; prefers light, well-drained soil. Surface sow or to no more than 1/8" deep. Cut back stalks after flowering. Attracts Butterflies or Hummingbirds.

These include perennial candytuft (Iberis sempervirens), lavender, rosemary, southernwood (Artemesia abrotanum), and several other artemesias. These plants often have rooted layers (branches that have developed roots while touching the soil).

He likes the candytuft, I like the Iberis. Aster, chrysanthemum, delphinium, penstemon, phlox -- plants whose botanical names are also their common ones -- saved us. They are the names that we both know, the names we share.

Iberis sempervirens
EVERGREEN CANDYTUFT
Kirengeshoma palmata Koreana Group
YELLOW WAX-BELLS ...

(Lady's Slipper Orchid) Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) Digitalis (Foxglove) Gentiana (Gentian) Geranium (True geranium) Helleborus (Winter rose) Hemerocallis Hepatica (Liverwort) Heuchera (Coralbells) Hosta (Plantain lily) Iberis (Evergreen candytuft) ...

Annuals - alyssum, centaurea, coreopsis, larkspur, dianthus, gaillardia, candytuft, phlox, petunia, portulaca and nasturtium.

Ornamental examples include Eschscholzia (Californian poppies), Tropaeolum majus (nasturtiums), Limnanthes douglasii (poached egg flower), Iberis umbellata (candytuft), Helianthus annuus (sunflower), ...

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A scattering of seed of annuals such as love-in-the-mist or candytuft around these clumps means any gaps are soon closed. Then suddenly, among this burgeoning spring growth, the lilies spike through the ground.

White Stonecrop, White Water-lily, White Willow, White Wood-rush, Whitebeam, Whorl Grass, Whorled Caraway, Whorled Solomon's Seal, Whorled Water Milfoil, Whortle-leaved Willow, Wild Asparagus, Wild Azalea, Wild Basil, Wild Cabbage, Wild Candytuft, ...

Johnswort Botanical Name Common Name Iberis sempervirens Candytuft Ilex aquifolium English Holly Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox' Hedgehog Holly Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Queen' Variegated English Holly Ilex cornuta Chinese Holly Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' ...

See also: Green, Evergreen, Pink, May, Iberis sempervirens