Baby’s breath

Baby’s breath Bridal Veil

White / Filler

Not applicable / not specified for this crop.

Baby’s breath Bristol Fairy

White / Filler

Gypsophila paniculata ‘Bristol Fairy’ is the classic double white perennial baby’s breath: a soft, airy, cloudlike filler used in bouquets, wedding work and dried arrangements. It prefers full sun, high light, alkaline calcium-rich soil and excellent drainage. It is best planned as a dedicated perennial filler crop rather than a quick annual succession. Stems should be harvested according to market distance: more open for local use and drying, less open for shipping or storage. The crop is highly sensitive to poor postharvest handling, ethylene and Botrytis, so clean buckets, rapid hydration and cool storage are essential.

Baby’s breath Covent Garden

White / Filler

Gypsophila elegans 'Covent Garden' is a fast, airy, white annual baby's breath grown from seed for bouquets, weddings, subscriptions, and dried filler. It is not the heavy perennial florist baby's breath used in imported bunches; it is lighter, quicker, more seasonal, and better suited to local garden-style design. The crop is valuable because it can make mixed bouquets feel fuller and more professional without taking as long as perennials or shrubs. It prefers full sun, well-drained neutral to alkaline soil, moderate moisture while establishing, and good airflow at flowering. For best results, sow successions rather than relying on one planting, harvest when around half to two-thirds of the flowers are open, and cool or condition immediately.

Baby’s breath Double Time

White / Filler

Gypsophila paniculata is the classic perennial baby's breath used by florists as a soft white filler. It is not a casual filler crop when grown commercially: the best stems come from well-drained, high-light plantings with support netting, clean water management, good airflow, and careful harvest timing. It can be excellent for weddings, dried work, florist bunches, and bouquet volume, but it becomes risky in wet, humid conditions where Botrytis and flower browning can destroy market quality.

Baby’s breath Festival Star

White / Filler

Festival Star® is a compact, long-blooming, sterile hardy baby’s breath that produces clouds of small white flowers on tidy gray-green plants. It is best used as a local bouquet filler, wedding texture, dried flower, and perennial border crop. Its main planning warning is stem length: it is shorter than classic commercial gypsophila, so it should be sold by bunch, bouquet recipe, or dried bundle rather than as a direct replacement for tall imported stems.

Baby’s breath Flamingo

Pink / Filler

A soft double pink baby’s breath for romantic filler, wedding work, dried flowers, and pastel bouquets.

Baby’s breath Million Stars

White / Filler

Million Stars is a refined commercial baby’s breath grown for clouds of tiny clean white florets on branching stems. It is best used as a high-demand florist filler rather than a casual garden perennial. For flower farms, its value is strongest where there is wedding, florist, subscription, or wholesale demand for reliable white texture. It needs excellent drainage, full sun, clean planting stock, long days for strong flowering, and careful postharvest sanitation. It can be profitable, but it is not a forgiving beginner crop in wet or humid conditions.

Baby’s breath New Love

White / Filler

Gypsophila paniculata ‘New Love’ is a white florist baby’s breath selected for clean, airy filler stems used in bouquets, weddings, installations and dried work. It should be grown like perennial baby’s breath: full sun, excellent drainage, neutral-to-alkaline calcium-rich soil, generous airflow and careful postharvest hygiene. It is a familiar, sellable crop, but local growers must compete with imported gyp, so quality, freshness, bunch consistency and wedding timing matter.

Baby’s breath Perfecta

White / Filler

Gypsophila paniculata ‘Perfecta’ is a vigorous, large-flowered, double white perennial baby’s breath used as a florist and wedding filler. It prefers full sun, high light, neutral to alkaline calcium-rich soil and excellent drainage. Compared with older ‘Bristol Fairy’, it is generally treated as larger and more vigorous, with broader white sprays, but modern commercial growers may choose newer cultivars for easier handling or shorter crop times. Stems should be harvested according to market distance: more open for local use and drying, less open for shipping or storage. The crop is highly sensitive to poor postharvest handling, ethylene and Botrytis, so clean buckets, rapid hydration and cool storage are essential.

Baby’s breath Snowflake

White / Filler

Gypsophila paniculata ‘Snowflake’ is a hardy perennial baby’s breath grown for clouds of pure white, double to semi-double flowers on branching stems. It is useful for fresh cuts, dried bunches, bouquet recipes and wedding work, especially for small growers who want a seed-accessible perennial gypsophila rather than relying only on imported commodity stems. It needs full sun, excellent drainage, neutral to alkaline calcium-rich soil and careful postharvest handling. The main caution is uniformity: seed strains may not produce 100% fully double plants, so growers should trial, grade and select the best plants before scaling up.