Magic Carpet Spirea Shade

Spirea shrubs also require deadheading throughout the spring or summer to ensure a continuous show of blooms.

Magic carpet spirea shade. Tiny pink flowers in flat topped clusters corymbs cover the foliage from late spring to mid summer with sparse and intermittent repeat bloom sometimes. Magic carpet spirea is a flowering shrub of the genus spireae which consists of 80 100 plants mainly shrubs. To deadhead your magic carpet variety wait until the blooms begin to die back in summer. Here s my peiris silver flame.

Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica walbuma sku 7157. Gwi 257624 looks best up against dark colors. It will grow 15 18 tall with a spread of 2 3. What is magic carpet spirea.

Carolyn s shade gardens is a retail nursery located in bryn mawr pa specializing in showy colorful and unusual plants for shade. Perfect for experienced gardeners. A neat compact mounded shrub with vibrant red new leaves. 1 to 2 feet tall 2 feet wide.

Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica magic carpet is a colorful rounded shrub that fits almost anywhere in the landscape. Care shipping notes. Gwi 257626 if you look closely you will see some of the foliage got nipped by frost. Very hardy low maintenance shrub.

It gets a couple of hours of late afternoon sun. Here is my magic carpet that grows in the shade. Grow in average well drained soil. Spiraea japonica walbuma grows best in full sun to light 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. 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. Plant in zones 3 to 8. This pretty shrub is actually one tough little plant.

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. You ll love how easy it is to grow this little shrub. Great fall color and early spring color too. This low growing mounded spirea shrub is ideal for creating eye catching borders that provide continual interest.

Early summer through fall. If you want a color show all season long try this easy care rounded plant. This extraordinary combination of colors will brighten and enhance any landscape. Clusters of small pink flowers contrast with bright gold mature foliage that turns rich russet red in fall.