Iberis umbellata

IBERIS umbellata
Candytuft

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Type:
Annual

Height: 8-12" (20-30cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Pink, white, mauve

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Dilleniiidae (Dillenia Superorder)

Order: Capparales (Caper Order)

Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage Family)
(formerly Cruciferae)

Genus: Iberis (Candytuft)

Species: umbellata (with flowers in umbels)

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Iberis umbellata is a popular and easily-grown annual, and is particularly useful for providing colourful ground cover in poor soil. It reaches a height of about a foot, with dense heads of tiny flowers in all shades of pink and mauve, or white, in summer.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Spring
Inside (7 days)

Seed Pod There is a papery seedhead made up of many rounded seedpods.
Seed The seeds are flattish oval discs. There are 2 seeds in each seedpod, separated by a
papery membrane.
Seedling The seedleaves are rounded. The first true leaves are pointed.

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				Germination: Spring Inside (7 days)
Seed Pod There is a papery seedhead made up of many rounded seedpods. Seed The seeds are flattish oval discs. There are 2 seeds in each seedpod, separated by a papery membrane. Seedling The seedleaves are rounded. The first true leaves are pointed.