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.

Blooming profusely from early to mid summer it features clusters of tiny bright magenta pink flowers. Magic carpet spirea is a flowering shrub of the genus spireae which consists of 80 100 plants mainly shrubs. It deserves to be more widely grown for the carpet it creates over rolling terrain. 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.

Walbuma is a compact and spreading shrub with terminal clusters of small bright pink flowers. How to prune magic carpet spirea timing pruning. 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. Magic carpet responds well to pruning and quickly produces new healthy growth.

Rich in nectar they attract butterflies. It was selected from third generation seedlings of self pollinated spiraea japonica goldflame. Magic carpet plant a nonhardy creeping plant makes a lovely ground cover for sun or shade. Magic carpet yellow mecardonia mecardonia hybrida sakmec002 plant patent 24 515 sku 30440 tough durable and loaded with bright yellow flowers all season long.

Walbuma commonly sold under the trade name magic carpet was bred by david r. The best tool to use for annual hard pruning is small hand pruners so you can assess the health of. A member of the buckwheat family it comes from the himalaya mountains of asia. 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.

The luminous foliage turns rich russet red in the fall. 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. An annual hard pruning in. This extraordinary combination of colors will brighten and enhance any landscape.

Tristam of walberton nursery in west sussex england.