Gypsophila paniculata Festival Pink Lady

The Gypsophila paniculata 'Festival Pink Lady' is a variety selected for its small size and bushy habit, ideally suited for container gardening and border planting. This plant forms a mist of tiny, delicate pink flowers in the summer, adding a touch of elegance and poetry. It is often associated with romantic roses and can be grown in the garden and used in floral arrangements. It is also a hardy perennial, thriving in light and dry soils. This beautiful plant can quickly grow in full sun, where the soil does not retain water.

The Gypsophila Festival® 'Pink Lady' belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family and is a relative of carnations. It is a recent horticultural hybrid resulting from cross-breeding with the botanical species Gypsophila paniculata. The plant has a compact habit and will reach a mature size of approximately 40 cm (16in) in all directions. It flowers in June and July and can continue blooming until August if the soil remains moist. The flowers are numerous, semi-double, and only 1 cm (0in) in diameter. They start as tightly closed buds with a deep pink colour, gradually opening into delicate blooms. The flowers are arranged in large paniculate clusters, measuring 25 to 40 cm (10 to 16in) wide, creating a light gradient of pink. The foliage is glaucous in colour and evergreen to semi-evergreen in winter, depending on the climate. The leaves are small, narrow, linear, and fleshy, measuring 1 to 3 cm (0 to 1in) in length. They are carried by knotty stems.

Gypsophila 'Festival Pink Lady' can be grown in containers or in the ground. This perennial plant thrives in rock gardens, elevated and well-exposed flower beds, and along pathways if the soil is light. It pairs perfectly with bush or ground cover roses in white, pink, mauve, and purple shades. This plant is ideal for dry gardens, as a blanket bog or on sunny slopes. Its airy flowering complements the spikes of Salvia nemorosa 'Blue Bouquetta' and the Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta', for example. This gypsophila brings a touch of poetry to the summer decor of terraces and balconies. Lastly, it is well-known for its use in dried and fresh floral arrangements.