Magic Carpet Spirea Planting Instructions

Only pests we have had reported with magic carpet spirea is japanese beetle and aphids on new tender growth in early spring recommended spacing.

Magic carpet spirea planting instructions.

It has a dense and spreading growth habit so it can spread up to 24 inches wide. Spirea is a popular flowering shrub hardy in usda zones 3 through 9. These features make magic carpet spirea an excellent ground cover. Early summer through fall.

Spirea is a reliable blooming shrub that thrives in usda zones 5 9. Spireas spiraea fill the landscape with cascading clusters of flowers that bloom in spring and summer. Crispa japanese spirea has leaves that are deeply serrated with a ruffled edge. Monrovia s magic carpet spirea details and information.

Ogon often sold as mellow yellow is full of. The foliage is compact and mounded and magic carpet spirea is an exceptional low growing shrub it can grow up to 24 inches tall. Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica walbuma brightens a garden with rosy pink flowers set against a background of bright yellow green leaves. Magic carpet is regarded as a low maintenance plant but benefits from pruning to rejuvenate its growth and to maintain its appearance.

Some species of spirea require earlier pruning but the magic carpet cultivar hardy from u s. Some other cultivars with notable foliage include. Pruning spirea after a couple of years will rejuvenate the plant. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance.

1 to 2 feet tall 2 feet wide. In spring the new leaves are vibrant red gradually maturing to gold while retaining red tips. Whether you have one in a container that you want to move to the garden or you have an established plant that needs to move to a new spot sometimes spirea bush transplanting is necessary. Spirea blooms consistently and profusely on new wood after some time the plant begins to look a bit bedraggled with few blooms.

These deciduous shrubs grow to heights and spreads of 2 to 10. How to plant a spirea bush. Planting care instructions spirea x bumalda magic carpet plant patent 9363. On some cultivars such as neon flash magic carpet and the double play series new growth has a burgundy tint that slowly ages to green.

Department of agriculture zones 4 to 8 is a summer bloomer that needs pruning in early spring.