I had a nice mound of it by my mailbox, and really appreciated it every spring. It was so sparkling white and bloomed a long time..I am not sure how long. Longer than a month I think. We had a blocked sewage line and the town dug up the street and where my mailbox and candytuft were.

I planted a new plant of it a couple of years ago and it has not grown much but at least it's still alive and looked good while blooming this spring. I have another plant of it in my garden further down. I grew that one from a cutting. It has spread a bit more.

I think it's a very worthwhile plant and is pretty tough. Soil varies a lot in my garden. Heavy near the mailbox and lighter further down in my garden.

Thanks Erasmus! Great photo! A very pretty and full plant. I didn't realize they bloom so long. You are right, the white is really sparkling. I was going to pick one up this morning while I was there and it was in front of me, but I was in a hurry and hesitated long enough to let it go. Now I'll have to go back and get one. Try it out! I just thought the white and the very saturated yellow of the Basket of Gold would look really nice together, especially with the various spring bulbs all around the bed.

Oh. does it retain a clean footprint the rest of the season or does it get ratty?

I have a patch in a hot, dry spot and it's doing fine (clay soil). It blooms at the same time as Bath's Pink dianthus. Bluestone has an iberis variety called Autumn Beauty that reblooms, you might look into that one.

I think it gets ratty.

Candytuft - Iberis sempervirens - is a low growing, spreading evergreen subshrub. In my area, it blooms from early February through into late spring or early summer. Once the bloom has faded, it is cut back and remains a tidy evergreen mound for the rest of the season.

Sempervirens means evergreen. 😊

Lovely pics. It would look great with the yellow alyssum and spring bulbs. I don't remember it looking ratty. Or if it did it didn't bother me. I grew the yellow alyssum a long time ago...seems like it was a tough plant too.

I wouldn't want to be w/o at least one Candytuft in our spring garden. It is the whitest white of any May blooming perennial I know :).

(When it gets "ratty" I just cut it back)

(Several years back there was a variety of "Candy" that was advertised as reblooming ie "Iberis Masterpiece". I tried one or two of them but I couldnt get them to overwinter :( )

Oh, how nice that so many people enjoy it! I know where I am heading early tomorrow morning...lol. I saw some newly displayed pots at the local nursery all in bloom. Thank you! ALL GREAT photos!

This is the Basket of Gold I am going to pair it with....

I am growing Iberis 'Masterpiece' this year...but as my plants are only a couple of inches high (because new seedlings) I can't really report how well they are likely to do. Will try to remember to update...and will say they have been easy, so far, from seed, surviving the gastropod menace (unlike malope, delphinium nudicaule and so many others)..

Rosaprimula, snails? So sorry. I haven't had them to deal with, just rabbits, which it sounds like I might be getting off easier than you. After all that hard work. They must love your garden, unfortunately, sorry I don't have a solution to offer.

I love it! Plan to grow next year

I've grown Iberis in both very sandy soil and now in heavy clay. It's much happier in the heavy clay. It comes into bloom very early--March--and blooms for weeks. After bloom it's important to cut it back quite hard though not into old wood. If you don't cut it back it gets rangy and ugly. But cut back, it lasts forever. And of course it's a lovely evergreen mound when not in bloom.

You do need to protect it from deer, especially in winter.

I wouldn't be without it.

Rouge and Laceyvail, Thanks to all, for the explanation for how to keep it from looking ratty. I don't have deer to worry about so that's a good thing.

Went and bought them first thing this morning. It is the variety 'Tahoe'. Very good looking plants....hope to get them in the ground today.

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My Alexander's White grows well in amended clay. You might consider pairing it with Merlot tulips. https://blossomsandblueprints.wordpress.com/2021/05/27/tulips-and-tuft-a-killer-combo/

Seeds itself and sprawls magnificently but is easily weeded out.

Interesting. When I had I never saw a single ripe seed, let alone seedling.

I cut mine back as soon as the flowers fade--no seeding of course.

I've grown candytuft too and love it but you'll have a long time in summer and fall when it's not blooming. I did get comments about how pretty it was and people asking if it was creeping phlox. Since yours is still small, you could fill in with white verbena. I'm impressed with the Superbenas that I bought in the Proven Winners section. I've haven't gotten the white but it does come in white. I bought red and raspberry for this year and they've already put out a lot of new growth. Hoping I can winter them over in the house or garage.

Christie, what a great idea! I happen to have a short 2ft high slope along a street where these are planted and I have a number of different types of clumpers that all peak in different seasons, and I have some grasses there too. Still, I do have a portion of the summer where it's just green all along there. Not that I don't have a ton going on in the rest of the bed behind the edge, but I definitely want to try that this year, now that you gave me the idea. Thanks!

I did overwinter Cuphea last winter on the windowsill, I like it for Hummingbirds. Next year I'd like to try more of it and gee, some nice Verbena plants could keep them company. I don't expect them to perform over the winter, just survive until spring.

Christie, I bought some Superbenas this morning and I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do. Thanks for the idea.