Gypsophila

Gypsophila - Plants of the Stitchwort family, the larger kinds usually very elegant, and bearing myriads of tiny white blossoms on slender spreading panicles. One of the best is G. paniculata, which forms a dense compact bush, 3 feet or more high, the numerous flowers small white, on thread-like stalks on much-branched stems, with the light, airy effect of certain grasses, and very useful for cutting. It thrives in any soil, and is suitable for borders and for naturalisation. There is a double variety. G. acutifolia, altissima, fastigiata, glauca, mangini, perfoliata, Rokejeka, Steveni, transylvania are very similar. G. prostrata is a pretty species for the rock garden or the mixed border. It grows in spreading masses, and from midsummer to September has loose graceful panicles of small white or pink flowers on slender stems. Division, seeds, or cuttings in spring. G. repens rosea is a pretty dwarf rock plant, thriving also in borders, flowering long in summer and autumn, and with foliage of a pleasant glaucous color. G. elegans is a graceful feathery annual much used for bouquets.

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