Gypsophila paniculata Festival Pink
Gypsophila paniculata Festival Pink
Gypsophila x paniculata Festival Pink
Baby's Breath
Stunning. Very beautiful airy effect. Good recovery despite the drought.
Isam35, 25/08/2025
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Description
Gypsophila 'Pink Festival' is a delicate and poetic plant. Like all gypsophilas, it is synonymous with romantic bouquets. It is a vigorous and undemanding perennial, comfortable in light and dry soils. This rather compact variety forms a dense cushion from which robust and well-branched floral stems emerge. In summer, the plant disappears under a cloud of abundant semi-double flowers, with a pearly pink colour. This lovely plant is easy to slip into flower beds, rock gardens, borders, or anywhere with well-draining soil. Plant in full sun.
'Festival Pink' belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family, and is a relative of carnations. It is a horticultural hybrid resulting from cross-breeding Gypsophila paniculata and G. repens. The plant has a spreading and dense habit, with a flat dome shape. It will reach 45cm (18in) in height, and gradually spread to 40cm (16in) in width, or even more. Flowering takes place in June-July, until August if the soil remains slightly moist. It takes the form of numerous deep pink floral buds, opening into tiny semi-double flowers of barely 1cm (0.4in) in diameter. Each one has a pearly pink colour, fading towards the centre. The flowers are organised in large panicles 25 to 45cm (10 to 18in) wide. The foliage virtually disappears under a mist of pink and white shades, which is both very bright and extremely light. The foliage is evergreen in mild climates, semi-evergreen in colder ones. It is a medium blue-green colour, composed of small narrow, linear and fleshy leaves, 1 to 3cm (1in) long. It is carried by knotty and creeping stems, first lying down, then ascending.
Gypsophila 'Festival Pink' finds its place in scree embankments, and beds with light and well-exposed soil. Plant it among salvias, old-fashioned roses, shrub peonies, and perennials like oriental poppies or gaura. This plant particularly enhances perennials with large flowers such as Iris germanica. This plant is ideal in dry gardens, rock gardens, covering low walls, or on sunny embankments where it will perfectly play its role as ground cover. This gypsophila also adapts very well to flower beds and containers. Its reputation is well established in dried or fresh bouquets.
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Botanical data
Gypsophila
x paniculata
Festival Pink
Caryophyllaceae
Baby's Breath
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
'Festival Pink' is ideal in a rockery, which will easily meet its growing requirements. However, it will also thrive on a wall, in paving, in any stony and poor soil, that is dry in winter, and even dry in summer. Plant it in deep, porous, well-drained soil. Limestone or neutral soil will be very suitable. Excess moisture in winter can greatly harm it by causing root rot. Gravel-rich soil gives good results. This plant requires a very sunny but not scorching exposure. It does not like to be moved, as it has a fragile, fleshy pivot root, and for this reason, its planting location must be carefully chosen. Prune the plant after flowering.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.