Gypsophila elegans

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Plant Characteristics
Height: 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width: 24
Lifespan: annual
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
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Exposure: sun, part-sun
Features: flowers, cut flowers
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Flower features: white
Scientific Names

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Gypsophila elegans (Annual Baby's-breath, Showy Baby's-breath [1] [2] ) is an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe.


Read about Gypsophila elegans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Gypsophila elegans, Bieb. One foot, repeatedly forked-branched, glabrous: Ivs. sessile, the uppermost linear, the lower oblong or spatulate: fls. white or sometimes (G. rosea, Hort., and in rare wild forms) rosy; petals truncate, almost recurved, 2-5 times as long as the calyx. Caucasus.—Much cult., and handsome.


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