Gypsophila
Baby's Breath
Baby's breath spirea is a graceful and wispy little shrub with a very fine texture - even by spirea standards. The slender wiry branches arch outward and nod downward, forming a twiggy, multistemmed mound 5-6ft (1.5-1.8 m) tall and about as wide. The semideciduous pale green leaves are thin and wispy, too; they are almost linear, a little more than 1 in (2.5 cm) long and 1/4 in (0.6 cm) wide, with a few coarse teeth along the margins.
Moisture: Baby's breath spirea likes a well drained soil and has ordinary water requirements. It tolerates summertime dry spells well.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4 - 8. Baby's breath spirea is an extremely hardy little shrub and one that may not lose its leaves in mild winters. This spirea blooms most profusely in cooler climates, usually flowering all at once in a splendid profusion of white blossoms. In the South, baby's breath spirea tends to start blooming sporadically in January or February and the flowering season is more spread out.
Propagation: Spireas are easily propagated from cuttings of green tip shoots taken in late spring and summer and rooted with bottom heat in a closed container; or from mature wood cuttings taken in autumn and rooted in a cold frame. Baby's breath spirea also can be propagated by dividing the root clump.
You may purchase a 4 1/2 inch pot for $5.97
Moisture: Baby's breath spirea likes a well drained soil and has ordinary water requirements. It tolerates summertime dry spells well.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 4 - 8. Baby's breath spirea is an extremely hardy little shrub and one that may not lose its leaves in mild winters. This spirea blooms most profusely in cooler climates, usually flowering all at once in a splendid profusion of white blossoms. In the South, baby's breath spirea tends to start blooming sporadically in January or February and the flowering season is more spread out.
Propagation: Spireas are easily propagated from cuttings of green tip shoots taken in late spring and summer and rooted with bottom heat in a closed container; or from mature wood cuttings taken in autumn and rooted in a cold frame. Baby's breath spirea also can be propagated by dividing the root clump.
You may purchase a 4 1/2 inch pot for $5.97
Cindy Brockus
305 E Hopper
Letona, AR 72085
(501) 728-3028 home
(501) 827-2385 cell clbrockus2@yahoo.com
305 E Hopper
Letona, AR 72085
(501) 728-3028 home
(501) 827-2385 cell clbrockus2@yahoo.com
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