|
See also:CANDYTUFT (Iberis amara, so called from Iberia, i.e. See also:Spain, where many See also:species of the genus are native, and amara, See also:bitter, i.e. in See also:taste) , a small See also:annual See also:herb (natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Cruciferae) with See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white or purplish See also:flowers, the See also:outer petals of which are longer than the See also:rest. It is a native of western See also:Europe and found See also:wild on dry See also:soil in cultivated ground in the centre and See also:east of See also:England. This and several other species of the genus are known as See also:garden See also:plants, and are of easy culture in See also:ordinary garden soil if well exposed to See also:sun and See also:air. The See also:common candytuft of gardens is I. umbellata, a See also:hardy annual, native of See also:southern Europe, and known in a number of varieties differing in See also:colour of flowers. I. coronaria (See also:rocket candytuft) has See also:long dense heads of white flowers and is also an annual. Some species have a shrubby growth and are See also:evergreen perennials; the best-known is I. sempervirens, a native of southern Europe, a much-branched plant about a See also:foot high with long racemes of white flowers. I. gibraltarica is a showy, handsome See also:half hardy evergreen.
End of Article: CANDYTUFT (Iberis amara, so called from Iberia, i.e. Spain, where many species of the genus are native, and amara, bitter, i.e. in taste)
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!