Plant Database
White Jupiter's Beard
Centranthus ruber ‘Albus’
Centranthus ruber 'Albus' is a charming, long-blooming perennial prized for its airy clusters of pure white flowers and exceptional drought tolerance. This clump-forming subshrub features upright, slightly glaucous stems with opposite, oval to lance-shaped, fleshy, gray-green leaves. From late spring through summer, it produces abundant, rounded terminal clusters (cymes) of small, starry, creamy-white to pure white flowers with a subtle, sweet fragrance, creating a soft, billowing effect that attracts butterflies, bees, and other pollinators. With its ability to thrive in poor, alkaline soils, self-seed gently, and bloom continuously for months, it is an outstanding choice for cottage gardens, rock gardens, slopes (for erosion control), coastal plantings, cutting gardens, and naturalized areas.