Iberis, Common Candytuft, Globe Candytuft 'Mixed Hybrids, Noids'

Candytuft is growing in a dry, sloped rockery behind my house in West Seattle, morning sun, afternoon shade. Partial sun means more bloom...Read Mores than another candytuft plant a few feet away that gets a little less sun. I don't water, and it grows very well. I only wish I could propagate it by digging some up and moving a piece of it to another place ... looks like I'll have to grow it from seed. Oh well, I know it will grow well. Other plants around it that are thriving without irrigation: red flowering currant, white yarrow, rosemary.

Candytuft resows itself freely, and if allowed to do so will produce a striking mass of color ranging from white through pink, mauve, and...Read More purple. In the Midwest, I've found the bloom time is from late May into early July. Since the plants become somewhat ugly after blooming is through and they start to dry, it's a good idea to have some other flowers interspersed to add color to the area. The only negative is that Candytuft is so prolific that it may pop up somewhat far removed from where it was planted.

Candytuft is an old-fashioned annual used in cottage gardens. It's name conjures up images of sweet confections, but it is actually name...Read Mored for the Mediterranean area of Candia (also known as Crete.) It is heat and drought tolerant, and loves sun but will tolerate a bit of shade.