Baby’s Breath
Baby’s breath is a small, tiny white flower that is adorable in any garden. The small white flowers of Baby’s breath cover the tops of the slim but full looking green stems. The leaves on this plant are spiky, not prickly, with a pointy look to them. Baby’s breath grows in sections,not spreading out individually unless you pull it apart. Baby’s breath s most often used in bouquets of flowers and for reating boutonni’s.

Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006

You can plant Baby’s breath in a container, in your garden, or in window boxes. Theplant itself is a very light. Baby’s breath can grow to be about two foot tall under the very best conditions.

For the first year, Baby’s breath will grow to be about a foot tall and in thesecond and third year it will grow taller with additional fertilizer andwatering. This plant will spread out about two feet wide. If you are growingBaby’s breath in a container, it can’t spread out that far. You should onlyplant a small number of seeds in a container because the plant can get too ‘full’looking.

Baby’s breath is a flower that will look great when planted with brighttcolored tall flowers in the garden. If you like cutting flowers for fresh arrangements in your home, Baby’s breath is an addition that you will love to add to your fresh arrangements.Baby’s breath is a flower that you can dry for dried flower arrangements inthe winter months. As the summer months are coming to an end, cutting Baby’sbreath and allowing it to dry upside down will keep the fullness of the flowerwithout damaging and making them fall off. After Baby’s breath isdry some gardeners will spray paint their flowers silver, gold or what evercolor that they want to match the rest of the decor in the house.

If you want to grow Baby’s breath in your gardens, you will have the bestsuccess if you live in grow zones three through nine. Baby’s breath loves thefull sun areas of your gardens, but they can grow in the shade. Baby’s breaththat grows in the shade is smaller and may take longer to bloom. You can sow theseeds for new plants in the spring or in the fall months. Sowing your seeds in the fall months will give you plants that will pop up in the spring!