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Baby's Breath

Beautiful, long-blooming flowers and attractive foliage. Outstanding in the rock garden or trailing over stone walls; pretty at garden's edge, along a walkway or used as a small-scale ground cover. Easiest gypsophila species to grow.

Companion Plants

Black-Eyed Susan

Coral Bells

Phlox

Plant Details

  • Common name

    Baby's Breath

  • Botanical name

    Gypsophila repens

  • Variety

    Rosea

  • Zone

    USDA Zone 3 (-40°F) to USDA Zone 8 (10°F).

  • Light

    Sun

  • Height

    6" (15 cm)

  • Habit

    Multistemmed

  • Feed

    Use all-purpose

  • Water

    Weekly during dry spells

  • Bloom Color

    Pink

  • Bloom Time

    Summer-fall

  • Maintenance

    Shear back lightly after bloom

This plant also belongs to the following BloomIQ.com collections:

  • Quinn W.'s collection