| Scientific Name: | Gypsophila paniculata |
| Common Name: | baby's breath |
| Family Name: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering cut plant, Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Filler, Floristry, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Jul-Aug, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, linear, similar to carnation, with swollen nodes; inflorescence panicle of tiny white to pink flowers, often used in floral arrangements with roses. | |