Carmine Pink Baby's Breath annual baby's breath
Gypsophila elegans 'Carmine Pink Babys Breath'
USDA zones3 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterNeeds dry soil
Size12 to 24 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
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'Carmine Pink Baby's Breath' (Gypsophila elegans 'Carmine Pink Baby's Breath') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It grows well in cool weather and can ride out a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and dry, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms in early to late spring and again in early to late summer. Butterflies and bees visit the flowers. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Purple top, Lavender, Oriental poppy, and Double Click Snow Puff cosmos.