Magic Carpet Plant

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.

Magic carpet plant.

Walbuma commonly sold under the trade name magic carpet was bred by david r. Mecardonia a new garden annual caught my attention this season a plant from sakata seed company called mecardonia magic carpet yellow this little trailing plant only grows about 4 inches tall but has flowered non stop from early spring when it was planted and continues to bloom during the cool nights of mid october. 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. Magic carpet responds well to pruning and quickly produces new healthy growth.

How to prune magic carpet spirea timing pruning. A member of the buckwheat family it comes from the himalaya mountains of asia. Tristam of walberton nursery in west sussex england. Magic carpet plant is an annual see more pictures of annual flowers.

Rich in nectar they attract butterflies. An annual hard pruning in. It deserves to be more widely grown for the carpet it creates over rolling terrain. 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.

The luminous foliage turns rich russet red in the fall. This extraordinary combination of colors will brighten and enhance any landscape. A neat compact mounded shrub with vibrant red new leaves. Clusters of small pink flowers contrast with bright gold mature foliage that turns rich russet red in fall.

Magic carpet plant a nonhardy creeping plant makes a lovely ground cover for sun or shade. It was selected from third generation seedlings of self pollinated spiraea japonica goldflame. 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. Magic carpet spirea is a flowering shrub of the genus spireae which consists of 80 100 plants mainly shrubs.

Walbuma is a compact and spreading shrub with terminal clusters of small bright pink flowers.