Candytuft Varieties. The three best-known varieties are the purple the bitter and the evergreen candytuft. It grows 8 inches tall and 12 inches wide.
Candytuft Iberis is a marvelous little plant that has a place in virtually any gardening situation except deep shade. Another popular garden species the globe candytuft may reach a height of 16 inches 41 centimeters. Little Gem is a dwarf at a 6-inch height.
The plant grows about a foot high and has white pink or purple flower clusters.
Full sun best for flowering. It is also particularly attractive in rock gardens or cascading over the edge of raised beds and can be used as ground cover in small areas. It is a subshrub a low growing woody plant. Perennial variety Autumn Snow flowers again in the fall.