IBERIS gibraltarica 'Betty Swainson'
Small
Sun
White
Reasonable soil
Spring
RHS Award of Garden Merit
Description
Height x Spread: 25cm x 30cm
Native to Gibraltar, this candytuft has clusters of large, pure white symmetrical flowers which appear in spring and last until the beginning of the summer. Candytuft has broad, deep-green evergreen foliage.
Candytuft copes in any good soil providing the soil is not too moist. When planting in your flower beds choose a sunny spot. Ideal as a front of border perennial or use within an alpine garden or rockery.
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