Rosea Baby's Breath annual baby's breath
Gypsophila elegans 'Rosea Babys Breath'
USDA zones9 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterNeeds dry soil
Size18 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
'Rosea Baby's Breath' (Gypsophila elegans 'Rosea Baby's Breath') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full sun and dry, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows 18 to 24 inches tall and blooms in spring and summer. Bees and butterflies visit the flowers. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with Purple top, Lupine, and Lavender.