Planting guide

When to plant baby's breath

Clouds of tiny white or pink flowers that fill bouquets and gaps in borders. In Melbourne it goes in Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct.

Start as: Seed, sown in place or Seedling
Flowers in: 7–11 wks
Spacing: 25 cm
Depth: 0.3 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Low
Effort: Easy
Colours: white, pink
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means baby's breath can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Melbourne	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
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Gold Coast	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Newcastle	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Sunshine Coast	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Canberra	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Central Coast	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Geelong	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Wollongong	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Hobart	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Townsville	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Mandurah	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bendigo	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Launceston	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Mackay	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Blue Mountains	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Bunbury	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Mildura	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Wellington	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Christchurch	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
London	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Manchester	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
New York City	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Chicago	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Austin	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Toronto	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Johannesburg	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Singapore	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mumbai	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Paris	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Berlin	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant baby's breath

Sow seed in place, barely covered, every three weeks.
Thin to 25cm in full sun with alkaline soil.
Stake tall stems lightly.
Cut sprays when half open.

Baby's breath varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Covent Garden Classic7–11 wksSold by Happy Valley, The Seed Collection
Creeping baby's breath Classicdwarf · pot-friendly · 7–11 wksSold by Happy Valley
Deep Carmine Classic7–11 wksSold by Seeds of Plenty
Elegans Mixed Classicmixed · 7–11 wksMixed colours
Repens Rose Classic7–11 wksPink flowers

Where to buy seeds

Buy on Happy Valley Seeds Buy on The Seed Collection Search on Seeds of Plenty

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Baby's breath by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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