Covent Garden Baby's Breath annual baby's breath
Gypsophila elegans 'Covent Garden Babys Breath'
USDA zones5 to 5
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
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
Garden uses
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Notes
'Covent Garden Baby's Breath' (Gypsophila elegans 'Covent Garden Baby's Breath') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. Cool weather suits it, and it can take a light frost. This plant likes full sun and dry, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms in early to late spring and again in early to late summer, and butterflies and bees visit the flowers. Deer rarely make it their first choice.
Pairs well with Purple top, Lupine, and Cherry Brandy rudbeckia.