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Iberis sempervirens

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When grown in a garden it may require light pruning right after blooming, but otherwise plants can be left alone in fall and early spring. It is drought-tolerant once established. It prefers a well-drained site, so heavy clay soils that stay wet in winter should be avoided. It is not easily divided.
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Andreas Roloff, Andreas Bärtels: Flora der Gehölze. Bestimmung, Eigenschaften und Verwendung. Mit einem Winterschlüssel von Bernd Schulz. 3., korrigierte Auflage. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008,
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to lanceolate, obtuse with a pointed base. The fruits are roundish to broad ovate, 6 to 8 millimetres long and 5 to 6 millimetres wide. The seeds are narrowly winged and 2 to 3 millimetres long.
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to southern Europe. The species is often used as an ornamental garden shrub because of its decorative flowers.
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Jost Fitschen: Gehölzflora. 12., überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2007,
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it is a spring-blooming favourite, often seen cascading over rocks and walls, or used as
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3–9 with mean annual minimum temperatures of −23 to −21 °C (−10 to −5 °F).
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growing to 30 cm (12 in) high by 40 cm (16 in) broad. As an
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Brassicaceae [also known as Cruciferae] - Mustard Family
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is so named because many members of the genus come from the
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means "always green", referring to the evergreen foliage.
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Iberis
Binomial name
L.
species
flowering plant
family
native
Iberian Peninsula
Spain
France
Italy
Balkan Peninsula
British Isles
steppes
dry forests
acidic
alkaline
loamy
subshrub
ornamental plant

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