The Best Candytuft In A Raised Bed Garden Ideas. Lukas budinsky/ shutterstock.com] evergreen candytuft can be planted throughout the spring and summer. Softwood cuttings of existing plants propagate easily during midsummer for more candytuft flowers to plant in your gardens or to share with friends.

Use in the front of a border. These plants prefer soil with a neutral to alkaline ph. Web ‘iberis’ refers to iberia, the roman name for spain while ‘candytuft’ means ‘the tufted plant from candia’, candia being the former name for crete.