Baby's Breath (pack)
Baby's breath is a classic perennial garden flower prized for its delicate, airy white blooms that add elegance to any landscape or floral arrangement. These hardy ornamental flowers thrive in full sun and well-draining soil, making them a low-maintenance choice for home gardeners. Suited to wedding bouquets and cut arrangements, baby's breath is a popular choice for its versatility and long-lasting blooms. It pairs beautifully with vibrant flowers or stands out on its own with its cloud-like clusters of blossoms.
Variety Details
- Botanical name: Gypsophila elegans
- Plant type: Annual
- Growth habit: Upright
- Crop category: Flower seed
- Flower character: Baby's breath is a classic perennial garden flower prized for its delicate, airy white blooms that add elegance to any landscape or floral arrangement.
- Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
- Product format: Seed packet
Sowing & Growing
- USDA Zone: 3-10
- Plant In: Spring
- Planting Depth: 1/16"
- Days to Germinate: 10-20 Days
- Height At Maturity: 12-24"
- Sun/Shade Requirements: Full Sun
- Water Needs: Moderate Water
Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Baby's Breath (pack) and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.
Place Baby's Breath (pack) where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.
Use a dated label for Baby's Breath (pack) and compare actual emergence, growth, and harvest or bloom timing with the ranges in the current record. Local soil, temperature, light, moisture, and planting date can shift results. Keep observations with the remaining packet so the next sowing can be adjusted without replacing product-specific measurements with a universal calendar.
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