IBERIS 



(From Iberia, the Latin name for Spain, where the genus abouodi) 



Cruciffra 



142. Iberis sempervirens 

 English Name: Hardy candytuft. 



S. EUROPE MID-APRIL TO MID-MAY 



NTUMEROUS, very small pure white flowers profusely carried in dense 

 M clusters on a low, thick-spreading, shrubby plant from six to twelve 

 inches high. Leaves rounded-oblong, dark and evergreen, thickly borne 

 and handsome. Excel- 

 lent for the rock garden, 

 naturalized over walls, 

 and in front of shrub- 

 bery, or for the front of 

 the herbaceous border, 

 though it is such a vigor- 

 ous spreader that it some- 

 times proves troublesome 

 in the latter situation. 

 Good also for cutting. 



Technically a sub- 

 shrub and not a hardy 

 perennial, though almost 

 always classed as such on 

 account of its dwarf and 

 floriferous habit. Per- 

 fectly hardy and of easiest 

 culture, succeeding in any 

 soil even in dry ground, in 

 sun or partial shade. 



Propagate by seed, by 

 cuttings, or by division. 



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