Magic Carpet Spirea Winter

These features make magic carpet spirea an excellent ground cover.

Magic carpet spirea winter.

Department of agriculture zones 4 to 8 is a summer bloomer that needs pruning in early spring. If you want a color show all season long try this easy care rounded plant. Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica magic carpet is a colorful rounded shrub that fits almost anywhere in the landscape. It has a dense and spreading growth habit so it can spread up to 24 inches wide.

The foliage is compact and mounded and magic carpet spirea is an exceptional low growing shrub it can grow up to 24 inches tall. This pretty shrub is actually one tough little plant. Walbuma commonly sold under the trade name magic carpet was bred by david r. 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. Tristam of walberton nursery in west sussex england. A neat compact mounded shrub with vibrant red new leaves. This extraordinary combination of colors will brighten and enhance any landscape.

Some species of spirea require earlier pruning but the magic carpet cultivar hardy from u s. Clusters of small pink flowers contrast with bright gold mature foliage that turns rich russet red in fall.