(Globe Amaranth, Globe Flower, Gomphrena, Woodcreek White Amaranth)

Globe amaranth is an attractive annual bedding plant that produces rounded heads of papery bracts, which resemble clover, that subtend small yellow flowers. Native to Central America, the flowers make excellent cut flowers as well as dried everlastings in bouquets. Those in the Woodcreek Series include a wide array of flower colors on plants maturing just over knee high. The series members are erect but bushy and have small, hairy, medium green leaves. At least six different varieties exist, with...

(Globe Amaranth, Globe Flower, Gomphrena)

Bearing masses of distinctive, brightly colored flower heads for many weeks, this bushy, medium-sized, tender herbaceous perennial is popular as an annual for bedding and mixed borders. It is native to rocky banks from northern Mexico to southern Texas and New Mexico.

Plants form neat clumps of stiff upright stems with simple, lance-shaped, slightly fuzzy leaves of medium green. From summer to fall, round, persistent, thimble-shaped heads of papery orange bracts appear. Cultivars with red...

(Globe Amaranth, Globe Flower, Gomphrena)

The brilliant tomato-red flower heads of 'Flashing Light' are prolifically borne from summer to fall. This compact cultivar is a selection of Gomphrena haageana, a bushy, medium-sized, tender herbaceous perennial from northern Mexico, southern Texas, and New Mexico. It is usually grown as an annual.

Plants form neat, calf-high clumps of stiff upright stems with lance-shaped, slightly fuzzy, medium-green leaves. The round, persistent, thimble-shaped flower heads are composed of numerous...

(Globe Amaranth, Globe Flower, Gomphrena)

The brilliant crimson-red flower heads of 'Strawberry Fields' are prolifically borne from summer to fall. This cultivar is a selection of Gomphrena haageana, a bushy, medium-sized, tender herbaceous perennial from northern Mexico, southern Texas, and New Mexico. It is usually grown as an annual.

Plants form neat clumps of stiff upright stems with simple, lance-shaped, slightly fuzzy leaves of medium green. The round, persistent, thimble-shaped flower heads are composed of numerous...

(Baby's Breath)

There are over a 100 species of Gypsophila , ranging from those that grow in alpine conditions to varieties that thrive in arid, sandy environments. Most originate from temperate Europe and Asia and northern Africa. Several of the most popular cultivated species are valued garden annuals and perennials that are often used as filler flowers in florist’s arrangements.

Gypsophila leaves are opposite, slender and often lance-shaped. Flowers are small, five-petaled, single or double...

(Showy Baby's Breath)

Bearing starry white or pink flowers that are larger than those of florist's baby's breath, this classic cottage garden annual hails from eastern Europe and western Asia. Almost cloudlike, the blooms stand tall and upright from late spring into summer and make a great cutting or dried flower. The lance-shaped leaves are gray-green. Many cultivars are available, including pink- and large-flowered selections.

This sun- and lime-loving annual prefers mild conditions and rapidly perishes in hot weather....

(Baby's Breath)

There are over a 100 species of Gypsophila , ranging from those that grow in alpine conditions to varieties that thrive in arid, sandy environments. Most originate from temperate Europe and Asia and northern Africa. Several of the most popular cultivated species are valued garden annuals and perennials that are often used as filler flowers in florist’s arrangements.

Gypsophila leaves are opposite, slender and often lance-shaped. Flowers are small, five-petaled, single or double...

(Baby's Breath, Silverstar Baby's Breath)

There are over a 100 species of Gypsophila , ranging from those that grow in alpine conditions to varieties that thrive in arid, sandy environments. Most originate from temperate Europe and Asia and northern Africa. Several of the most popular cultivated species are valued garden annuals and perennials that are often used as filler flowers in florist’s arrangements.

Gypsophila leaves are opposite, slender and often lance-shaped. Flowers are small, five-petaled, single or double...

(Cushion Baby's Breath)

There are over a 100 species of Gypsophila , ranging from those that grow in alpine conditions to varieties that thrive in arid, sandy environments. Most originate from temperate Europe and Asia and northern Africa. Several of the most popular cultivated species are valued garden annuals and perennials that are often used as filler flowers in florist’s arrangements.

Gypsophila leaves are opposite, slender and often lance-shaped. Flowers are small, five-petaled, single or double...

(Cushion Baby's Breath)

There are over a 100 species of Gypsophila , ranging from those that grow in alpine conditions to varieties that thrive in arid, sandy environments. Most originate from temperate Europe and Asia and northern Africa. Several of the most popular cultivated species are valued garden annuals and perennials that are often used as filler flowers in florist’s arrangements.

Gypsophila leaves are opposite, slender and often lance-shaped. Flowers are small, five-petaled, single or double...