Genus and species: Iberis sempervirens
Common Name: Candytuft,
Family Name: Brassicaceae
This is a so-called old-fashioned plant you may find in your grandmother's garden. The foliage looks a lot like Phlox subulata (conifer-like) and it always has white flowers. The flowers have four petals, though it looks like two. It is a full sun perennial, needs drainage, and is good for walls. It also has a nice long bloom time starting in mid-spring.
Photos taken March 28, 2012 at Virginia Tech in the Hahn Horticulture Gardens. 
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