‘Snowsation’ Candy Tuft
Iberis sempervirens ‘Snowsation’ PP29637
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Groundcover
Height at Maturity: 6-8″
Width at Maturity: 18″ or so
Spacing: 12-18″ for mass planting or solid border
Spacing: 12-18″ for mass planting or solid border
Growth Habit / Form: Spreading Mound
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flower Type: Single, in round clusters
Flower Size: .25 to .5″ flowers in 2.5-3″ wide clusters
Flowering Period: Early to Mid Spring
Flowering Period: Early to Mid Spring
Fragrant Flowers: –
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Evergreen Foliage: No
Berries: No
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Light Shade
Water Needs: Average to Low
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Moist But Well Drained to Dry when established
Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.0 (Neutral to Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat
Foot Traffic Tolerance: Low
Description
Living up to its name and often seen as a low border in garden beds or cascading over a wall, the ‘Snowsation’ Candytuft appears like a blanket of snow when in spring the dense, evergreen, dark green foliage is literally 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. Cold hardy to -30F and heat hardy to Zone 9b.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 6 to 8 inches tall and spreading to form a low, mounding patch to maybe18 inches wide, the Snowsation 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 Preferences
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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