'Perennial Candytuft' or 'Rock Candytuft' (eye-BEER-is: saks-A-til-iss) Brassicaceae:
Here is a lower growing species than the other Iberis offered, with upright stems of evergreen foliage and clusters of white flowers with yellow centers ending the stems. Plants are shrubby with woody based stems.
They are distinguished from I. sempervirens by its short
flowering stems, which are 2.5-10 cm long and by having semi-
cylindrical leaves. Grows 4 inches tall and 10 inches wide. Plants are used in the front of the border, in rock gardens or as a groundcover on rocky slopes. Grow in poor to moderately fertile, neutral to alkaline soils. Provide a slightly moist but well-drained location in full sun.
Zones (4)7-9
Native to Greece,
Italy, Spain, Romania, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia,
Crimea and N. Africa.
30 seeds
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