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Garden Candytuft, Iberis umbellata
Photographs: near Clonakilty, Co. Cork

Garden Candytuft
Iberis umbellata
Family: Brassicaceae

Flowering May-September. Annual. Garden escape.

Various cultivars are available and the 4-petalled flowers can be white, pink, purple, red or mauve. Lance-shaped green leaves. Height to 25cm.

Tolerates poor soils and prefers full sun. Occasionally recorded as a garden escape or discard.

Similar: Perennial Candytuft, Iberis sempervirens has white flowers

Garden Candytuft, Iberis umbellata
Garden Candytuft, Iberis umbellata

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