Is Baby's Breath deer resistant?
Gypsophila sp.
Plant typePerennialHardinessZones 3–9, genus rangeLightFull sun
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
About Baby's Breath
Clouds of tiny white flowers that soften anything nearby. It wants alkaline soil and sharp drainage, and the tall florist species is invasive in parts of the west.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 7 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Sharp, gritty. Will rot in wet soil
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 24 to 35 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Baby's Breath
Other perennials with the same deer rating.
- African LilyAgapanthus sp.Zones 8–11, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AsparagusAsparagus officinalisZones 2–9Seldom damaged
- AsterAster sp.Zones 3–8, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AstilbeAstilbe x arendsiiZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- BastardsageEriogonum wrightiiZones 5–10Seldom damaged
- Beardlip PenstemonPenstemon barbatusSeldom damaged
Where Baby's Breath grows
Hardy across most of these 51 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
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Common questions about Baby's Breath
- Is Baby's Breath deer resistant?
- Baby's Breath (Gypsophila sp.) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Baby's Breath grow in?
- Baby's Breath is hardy in USDA zones 3 to 9. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat. That is the range across the genus, so a named species or cultivar may be narrower.
- Does Baby's Breath grow in shade?
- No. Baby's Breath wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.