Baby's Breath Covent Garden is a beautiful, elegant, and lovely low-growing annual plant with stunning, delicate, and elegant white flowers. The short stems are surrounded by gray-green, lacy leaves. Baby's Breath is also known as Cloud Flower, Bachelor's Button, Gyp, Gypsophila, Chelor's Button and Maiden's Breath. Baby's Breath is a member of the Caryophyllaceae family, along with: Field Hornwort, Corncockle, Rough Carnation, Currant Carnation, Stone Pink, Sea Purslane, Glory Carnation, Plume Baby's Breath, Heeler's Leg, Soapwort, Burning Love, Catchfly, Day Campion, Evening Campion, Chickweed, and Marsh Wall. Baby's Breath is native to Central and Southeast Europe and adjacent Northern Asia. Here, this low-growing plant grows primarily in mountainous and dry, arid regions with mountains and rocks. Baby's Breath therefore also thrives in rock gardens. It also thrives between paving stones and bricks.
This easy-to-grow, hardy, and low-growing plant is highly decorative. It can be used as a border filler and as a fast-growing ground cover. It also makes a beautiful cut flower, often used in bridal bouquets. Baby's Breath also dries well and can be used in dried bouquets. It can also be used in balcony boxes and other hanging flowerpots. People without a garden can also enjoy this plant, as it can easily be grown in flowerpots and containers on balconies. Baby's Breath needs plenty of sun and well-drained soil. Baby's Breath is very suitable for a south-facing garden. Plant this plant in ornamental gardens, flower gardens, or in bee and butterfly gardens. This plant is very popular with bees, butterflies, hoverflies, and other beneficial insects. Protect Baby's Breath from rain and snow in winter. Don't allow the plant to dry out in summer. Baby's Breath combines well with: Lavender, Roses, Sage, Geranium, Phlox, Feather Grass, Fountain Grass, and Poppies. Baby's Breath is very easy to care for; other than sufficient watering, no maintenance is required. Baby's Breath Flowers from June till August. Non hardy annual. Height: 45 - 60 cm.
Outdoor sowing: March - May & September - October
Germination: 15 - 21 days
Germination temp.: 18 - 20°C
Sowing depth: 3 mm
Plant distance: 30 cm
Sowing distance in rows: 20 cm
Plant position: sunny
Flowering period: June - August
Sow from end of March until end of May in open ground in a well prepared seedbed. You can sow in rows or scattered. Cover the seeds lightly with a little moist soil. Keep well moist and weed free.
Thin out the seedlings as soon as they are large enough to handle. baby's Breath can also be sown in a permanent location from September to October. Place the plants in a sunny, sheltered spot with well-drained soil. Group the plants together so that they can be easily tied up if necessary. A group of these plants together also creates the most beautiful effect. Baby's Breath can be dried well for use in dried bouquets. To do this, pick the flowers with as long a stem as possible. Tie the flowers together and remove as many leaves as possible. Hang them upside down in a well-ventilated, dry and dark place out of the sun and rain. Allow the flowers to dry thoroughly. This can take several weeks. To check whether the flowers are properly dried, you can carefully bend a stem; if it is no longer flexible, the flowers are dry. They can then be used in dried bouquets.
