You ll love how easy it is to grow this little shrub.
Magic carpet spirea shade.
Gwi 257626 if you look closely you will see some of the foliage got nipped by frost.
This low growing mounded spirea shrub is ideal for creating eye catching borders that provide continual interest.
Magic carpet spirea is a flowering shrub of the genus spireae which consists of 80 100 plants mainly shrubs.
Grow in average well drained soil.
Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica walbuma sku 7157.
This dwarf spirea is a summer blooming spirea that can be pruned in early.
Care shipping notes.
Magic carpet spiraea japonica.
Clusters of small pink flowers contrast with bright gold mature foliage that turns rich russet red in fall.
Spiraea japonica walbuma grows best in full sun to light shade.
1 to 2 feet tall 2 feet wide.
Carolyn s shade gardens is a retail nursery located in bryn mawr pa specializing in showy colorful and unusual plants for shade.
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.
Very hardy low maintenance shrub.
In the foreground is magic carpet spiraea and goldheart old fashioned bleeding hearts while texas scarlet quince remains in full bloom at the back.
This extraordinary combination of colors will brighten and enhance any landscape.
Plant in zones 3 to 8.
It gets a couple of hours of late afternoon sun.
Early summer through fall.
Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica magic carpet is a colorful rounded shrub that fits almost anywhere in the landscape.
This pretty shrub is actually one tough little plant.
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.
Great fall color and early spring color too.
Here is my magic carpet that grows in the shade.
Posted in hosta landscape design shade gardening with tags miniature hostas pulmonarias spiraea japonica magic carpet on april 26 2011 by carolyn carolyns shade gardens carolyn s shade gardens is a retail nursery located in bryn mawr pa specializing in showy colorful and unusual plants for shade.
A neat compact mounded shrub with vibrant red new leaves.
Gwi 257624 looks best up against dark colors.
Tiny pink flowers in flat topped clusters corymbs cover the foliage from late spring to mid summer with sparse and intermittent repeat bloom sometimes.
Perfect for experienced gardeners.
Spirea shrubs also require deadheading throughout the spring or summer to ensure a continuous show of blooms.
Here s my peiris silver flame.
It will grow 15 18 tall with a spread of 2 3.
