Magic Carpet Spirea Bush

Spiraea japonica walbuma item 7157.

Magic carpet spirea bush.

To deadhead your magic carpet variety wait until the blooms begin to die back in summer. Magic carpet is regarded as a low maintenance plant but benefits from pruning to rejuvenate its growth and to maintain its appearance. Monrovia s magic carpet spirea details and information. Perfect for experienced gardeners.

Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. There are very few rules in gardening but perhaps the most important one is to work within your zone. If you want a color show all season long try this easy care rounded plant. Magic carpet spiraea japonica.

Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica magic carpet is a colorful rounded shrub that fits almost anywhere in the landscape. The luminous foliage turns rich russet red in the fall. Choosing plants that grow and thrive in your particular climate is the very first step toward having a beautiful garden. Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica walbuma brightens a garden with rosy pink flowers set against a background of bright yellow green leaves.

Early summer through fall. New growth is a nice bright rosy red. Spiraea japonica commonly called japanese spirea is a dense upright mounded deciduous shrub that typically grows 4 6 tall with a slightly larger spread leaves to 3 long are oval and sharply toothed. Magic carpet spirea is a flowering shrub of the genus spireae which consists of 80 100 plants mainly shrubs.

1 to 2 feet tall 2 feet wide. It requires full sun to bloom at its best. Magic carpet spirea magic carpet spirea is a very compact shrub with rosy pink flowers in early summer. You ll love how easy it is to grow this little shrub.

In late spring to early summer flat sprays of small bright pink flowers grace the tips of its branches. What is magic carpet spirea. 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. Tiny pink flowers in flat topped clusters corymbs cover the foliage from late spring to mid summer with sparse and intermittent repeat bloom sometimes.

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. This pretty shrub is actually one tough little plant. Its mounding growth habit is great for filling in bare spots or covering up exposed lower branches of larger plants.