Candytuft Plants. The plants stay quite close to the ground and only grow to be between 12 and 18 inches tall. A low growing plant candytuft reaches about 10-16 inches in height and is often used as a flowering groundcover.
Candytuft genus Iberis genus of about 40 species of Eurasian plants of the mustard family Brassicaceae. 10052019 Theres nearly fifty species of plant that fall into the Iberis genus but of these ones very popular. Iberis aɪ ˈ b ɪər ɪ s commonly called candytuft is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family BrassicaceaeIt comprises annuals evergreen perennials and subshrubs native to the Old World.
Is not related to candy but derives from Candia the former name of Iraklion on the Island of Crete.
Make sure that you weed the space where you are going to sow your seeds using a hand trowel. Is not related to candy but derives from Candia the former name of Iraklion on the Island of Crete. Growing just 6 to 8 inches tall candytuft is a top pick for rock gardens slopes or border edges. 19022016 Candytuft is an evergreen perennial that gets its name from the fragrant umbels of blossoms that cover it from late spring to early summer so much so that the foliage is sometimes obscured.