Common Name: Type: Family: Zone: Height: Spread: Bloom Time: Bloom Description: Sun: Water: Maintenance: Flower: Tolerate: |
baby’s breath Herbaceous perennial Caryophyllaceae 3 to 9 1.00 to 1.50 feet 1.00 to 1.50 feet April to August White Full sun Dry Medium Flower: Showy, Good Cut Drought, Dry Soil |
Best grown in dry, well-drained soils in full sun. Prefers alkaline soils (pH 7.0 to 7.5). Add lime to acidic soils. May not survive winter in wet, poorly drained soils. Likes to be left undisturbed once established. Cut back after flowering to promote rebloom. Baby’s breath is a mainstay filler plant of the floral industry. This cultivar is a compact, diffusely branched, mound-forming plant that only grows 15-18″ tall, but otherwise is very similar to the popular Gypsophilia paniculata ‘Bristol Fairy’. Features numerous, long-lasting, double white flowers (1/4″ wide) in open, airy panicles on wiry, jointed stems in summer. Lance-shaped foliage is somewhat sparse. Sprays of baby’s breath are frequently used as filler in bouquets and floral arrangements. Provides excellent contrast and texture to the perennial border. May be used as summer filler to cover areas once occupied by early spring wildflowers, bulbs or other plants which disappear into dormancy by early summer. |
Information on this page is from Missouri Botanical Gardens. or Dave’s Garden or Texas Superstar |