Festival Pink Lady, also known as Baby's Breath or Gypsophila paniculata, is a perennial landscape flower native to Eurasia. This cultivar offers a compact, dense, mounding, upright habit of 24-36" tall and prolific, semi-double pink flowers blooming from spring to fall. Danziger developed this variety to flower in the first year with no bulking or vernalization requirements. Perennial in zone 4-9, this airy plant is an excellent addition to sunny borders, landscape beds, and containers. Flourishing in full sun with minimal water, Baby's Breath is drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and attracts bees and butterflies to the garden. Pair with Festival White for a stunning show of color and texture.
Festival Pink Lady Selling Tips
Sell Festival Pink Lady to customers looking for a perennial flower to add to a border, landscape bed, or large container. Bees, butterflies, and people alike will flock to this long-blooming, low-maintenance plant. Gypsophila offers a dense, upright habit 12-24" wide and 24-36" tall. It excels in the landscape with minimal water and makes a terrific cut or dried flower. Cheer up the spring garden by pairing this cultivar alongside Tulips, Hyacinths, Daffodils, Poppies, Lupines, Verbena, and Lavandula.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 20-24" apart in well-drained soil in full sun.
2. Water occasionally or more often in extreme heat or drought.
General Growing Tips For Your Rooted Cutting Liner
For best results with Festival Pink Lady, plant one rooted liner per 4-inch container or three to five per 10-inch container. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.8-6.0, EC of 1.0-1.2, temperatures between 65-72, and light feed (100-150 ppm). This plant doesn't require pinching and will respond to a Bonzi drench. You may see aphids.
Flowering
Semi-double, small pink flowers bloom from spring to fall.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration the base of each plant.
Height Control
If needed, apply a drench of Bonzi at 2 ppm once the plant has reached the desired size.
Pests
You may see aphids.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse and water at the base of each plant, allowing soil to dry between waterings.
Planting Festival Pink Lady Liners
We recommend planting one rooted plug per 4-inch container or three to five per 10-inch container. Use a well-drained soil and completely bury the ellepot evenly spaced in the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Gypsophila Festival Pink Lady Quick Reference Guide
| 4 Inch crop time | 6-8 Weeks |
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| 10 Inch crop time | 8-10 Weeks |
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| Bloom Period | Spring, Summer |
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| Color | Pink |
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| Habit | Compact, Mounding, Upright |
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| Height | 24-36 Inches |
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| Light | Full Sun |
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| Minimum Temp | 55 |
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| Perennial Zone | 4-9 |
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| Water Needs | Light |
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| Patented Plant | yes |
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