GYPSOPHILA repens Creeping Baby's Breath ____________________________________ Type: Perennial Height: 3" (7cm) Flowering Time: Summer Flower Colour: White, pink ____________________________________ Botanical Classification: Class: Angiospermae (Angiosperms) Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons) Superorder: Caryophyllidae (Pinks Superorder) Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks Order) Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pinks Family) Genus: Gypsophila (Baby's Breath) Species: repens (creeping) ____________________________________

Gypsophila repens is a useful plant for growing on the tops of walls or on a rockery, as it does not mind dry conditions and grows over the edges neatly. It forms a short carpet of tiny greyish leaves on prostrate stems, which is covered in sprays of small white flowers throughout the summer and into autumn. Gypsophila repens rosea is the pink version.

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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

	Seed Pod The seed pod is a small ball in a loose cluster with many others.
	Seed The seeds are tiny black balls. There are many seeds in a seedpod.
	Seedling The seedlings are tiny with fleshy-looking pointed leaves.
Seed sowing and Germination Winter: Seeds sown outside in winter germinated by spring.