White CANDYTUFT Flower Seeds, Rocket ‘Empress, Iberis amara,Rocket Candytuft ‘Empress’ is a fast-growing annual and excellent ornamental for use in beds, borders and on sunny slopes. The plants produce fragrant white flowers and are easily grown in average to poor, well-drained soil and prefers full sun to partial sun.

Name: Candytuft
Scientific Name: Iberis amara
Color: White
Hardiness Zones: 3-9
Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost or Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost
Plant Height: 12"-16"
Plant Spacing: 6 - 9"
Cycle: Annual
Bloom Season - Summer
Light Requirements: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Soil & Water Preferences: Average
Other: Attracts bees, birds, & butterflies,

Sowing: Direct sow in fall for the earliest blooms, or after the last spring frost for early summer bloom. Plant more every several weeks for continuous flowers. Though these plants do not respond well to transplanting, they can also be started indoors in peat pots; sow just below the surface of the soil, keeping it evenly moist and at a temperature of 65-70 degrees F. Germination usually occurs within 15-20 days.