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Gypsophila elegans (Baby's Breath)

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Plant Type: Annual
Uses: Dried Arrangements, Cutting Bed, Border, Rock Garden
Propagation: Seeds
Habit: Bushy
Light: Full Sun
Flower Color: White, Pink, Red
Blooms: Spring, Summer
Width: 1.5 ft.
Height: .75 - 1.5 ft.
Fertility: Average
Soil: Alkaline, Neutral, Well-Drained
Zone: 1 - 11

Hardy Annual. Graceful airy sprays will stay with you all season if you make successive sowings of this annual form of Baby's Breath. These tiny flowers are prized for the lovely effect they produce in floral arrangements and in the garden, too. Plants perform best in cool to warm weather, not too hot. Seedlings pas through light frosts unharmed. An early-April planting outdoors will bloom in June. You can overdo it, so be frugal and judge from the appearance of the foliage and flowers when considering watering or fertilizing.