Candytuft Giant Hyacinth Flower. Variety Iberis amara Coronaria known as the Hyacinth Candytuft is a lovely white form which more resembles giant heads of white Alyssum more than Hyacinth with a similar Alyssum honey sweet scent. Candytuft naturally grows as an informal plant.
Variety Iberis amara Coronaria known as the Hyacinth Candytuft is a lovely white form which more resembles giant heads of white Alyssum more than Hyacinth with a similar Alyssum honey sweet scent. The overall effect is very suggestive of its Mustard Family relatives or the classic Hesperis commonly known as Rocket. Grow in full sun.
Blooms July through September.
Napos kertrszletbe vessk itt jniustl-augusztus vgig dszt. Both the leaves and flowers of candytuft can be eaten raw and have a taste. Orientalis native to southwest Asia was so popular in the 18th century that over 2000 cultivars were grown in the Netherlands its chief commercial producer. This tends to provide the best show of flowers.