Magic Carpet Spirea Shrub

Foliage turns a rich russet color in the fall adding seasonal interest to your landscape.

Magic carpet spirea shrub.

Magic carpet spirea flowering shrub is ideal for borders containers cutting gardens or groundcover. 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. Perfect for experienced gardeners. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance.

1 to 2 feet tall 2 feet wide. If you want a color show all season long try this easy care rounded plant. This pretty shrub is actually one tough little plant. Magic carpet is regarded as a low maintenance plant but benefits from pruning to rejuvenate its growth and to maintain its appearance.

Write a review for. Monrovia s magic carpet spirea details and information. What is magic carpet spirea. You ll love how easy it is to grow this little shrub.

Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica magic carpet is a colorful rounded shrub that fits almost anywhere in the landscape. Magic carpet spiraea japonica. Native spiraeas of europe were well known as the source of white flowered wreaths worn by country brides in spring weddings. Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica walbuma brightens a garden with rosy pink flowers set against a background of bright yellow green leaves.

Magic carpet spirea is a flowering shrub of the genus spireae which consists of 80 100 plants mainly shrubs. Tiny pink flowers in flat topped clusters corymbs cover the foliage from late spring to mid summer with sparse and intermittent repeat bloom sometimes. Early summer through fall. 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.

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. Neat compact mound produces vibrant red new leaves that mature to bright gold contrasting with clusters of small pink flowers. However plants were not introduced to the west until about 1870. This low growing mounded spirea shrub is ideal for creating eye catching borders that provide continual interest.

In late spring to early summer flat sprays of small bright pink flowers grace the tips of its branches.