Magic Carpet Plant

Rich in nectar they attract butterflies.

Magic carpet plant.

Bursting out in color spiraea japonica magic carpet walbuma japanese spirea is a low growing deciduous shrub with brilliant red leaves in spring maturing to golden yellow as the summer progresses. A member of the buckwheat family it comes from the himalaya mountains of asia. Walbuma is a compact and spreading shrub with terminal clusters of small bright pink flowers. How to prune magic carpet spirea timing pruning.

The luminous foliage turns rich russet red in the fall. Magic carpet plant is an annual see more pictures of annual flowers. It deserves to be more widely grown for the carpet it creates over rolling terrain. An annual hard pruning in.

The best tool to use for annual hard pruning is small hand pruners so you can assess the health of. Tristam of walberton nursery in west sussex england. Magic carpet yellow mecardonia mecardonia hybrida sakmec002 plant patent 24 515 sku 30440 tough durable and loaded with bright yellow flowers all season long. Walbuma commonly sold under the trade name magic carpet was bred by david r.

Clusters of small pink flowers contrast with bright gold mature foliage that turns rich russet red in fall. Magic carpet spirea is a flowering shrub of the genus spireae which consists of 80 100 plants mainly shrubs. Magic carpet plant a nonhardy creeping plant makes a lovely ground cover for sun or shade. With a low spreading habit to about 3 feet tall and 5 or more feet wide october magic carpet camellia is highly useful in mass or group plantings or to create a colorful underplanting for medium size trees such as dogwoods redbuds and upright tall japanese maples.

A neat compact mounded shrub with vibrant red new leaves. This extraordinary combination of colors will brighten and enhance any landscape. Magic carpet responds well to pruning and quickly produces new healthy growth. Primarily used as a ground cover thymus serpyllum magic carpet creeping thyme is a dwarf aromatic sub shrub forming a tight cushion of tiny rounded dark green leaves.

It is a variety of spirea japonica the species native to japan and china thought this variety sometimes called walbuma spirea is the selection made in england.