Candytuft

Iberis sempervirens

Brassicaceae - Mustard Family

▲ young flowering plant

▲▼ mature flowering plants

▲▼ flowers

Iberis sempervirens:  Candytuft

Location on campus:  on north side of  Greenwood Lab School, toward east end of circle drive

·         Evergreen, alternate, glabrous, narrow-oblong leaves with mostly entire margins; about 1-2” long and 1/3 to ¼ as wide

·         Forms much-branched mounded plant with racemes of white flowers in late spring through early summer, sometimes repeating in fall

·         Grows 4-8” tall and about 12-18” wide per plant

·         Good for cool, well-drained, moderate to high organic matter soils in part-shade to full sun