Snowflake Candy Tuft
Iberis sempervirens ‘Snowflake’
Plant DetailsÂ
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b  Find Your ZoneÂ
Plant Type:Â Evergreen Groundcover
Height at Maturity:Â 8-10″
Width at Maturity:Â 18-24″
Spacing:Â 18″ for mass planting or solid border
Spacing:Â 18″ for mass planting or solid border
Growth Habit / Form:Â Mounding, Spreading
Growth Rate:Â Moderate
Flower Color:Â White
Flower Type:Â Single, in round clusters
Flower Size:Â .25 to .5″ flowers in 2.5″ wide clusters
Flowering Period:Â Early to Late Spring. Pruning or sheared the plant by half it’s height after bloom will encourage rebloom.
Flowering Period:Â Early to Late Spring. Pruning or sheared the plant by half it’s height after bloom will encourage rebloom.
Fragrant Flowers:Â –
Foliage Color:Â Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage:Â No
Evergreen Foliage:Â Â No
Berries:Â No
Sun Needs:Â Full Sun or Light Shade
Water Needs:Â Â Average to Low
Soil Type:Â Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage:Â Moist But Well Drained to Dry
Soil pH:Â 6.0 – 8.0 (Neutral to Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care:Â Low
Attracts:Â Visual Attention, Butterflies
Resistances:Â Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat
Foot Traffic Tolerance:Â Â Low
Description
Living up to its name and often seen as a low border in garden beds or cascading over a wall, the ‘Snowflake’ Candytuft appears like a blanket of snow when in spring the dense, evergreen, dark green foliage is smothered in large clusters of lightly-scented, snowy white flowers. After the flowers “melt away,’ if the plant is cut halfway back immediately after flowering, it will rebloom sporadically throughout the summer and fall.Â
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 8 to 10 inches tall and spreading to form a mounding patch to 18 to 24 inches or more wide, the Snowflake Candytuft is ideal for use as a border along paths, walkways or landscape and garden borders or on slopes. Perfect for interplanting with spring bulbs or a nice spiller plant in combination container gardens. A fine addition to white theme gardens and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 18 inches apart for solid border or mass plantings; 36 inches apart for space between plants
Growing PreferencesÂ
Candytuft is very easy to grow. It is adaptable to most any average to even poor soil. It prefers a moist but well-drained soil however is exceptionally tolerant of dry soil conditions. It tolerates some shade, but produces more of its pretty flowers with more sun. A good choice for poor soils and difficult sites. Looks beautiful in a container or spilling over a wall! Plant with the top of the root ball even with ground level. Care and maintenance are minimal. Feed in spring with an organic plant food. No pruning necessary
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These plants arrived very healthy. They have established easily in my flower bed.————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG





















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