![]() Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat or containers. Even works well with spare modern designs needing vividly colored foliage with some seasonal change.īorder, Container, Firescaping/Firewise, Rock Garden, Cutting Garden, Ground CoverĪttracts Butterflies, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Extreme Cold Hardiness, Fall Color, Compact Form Sets nicely into foreground of woodlands to bring light to a shaded background. ![]() Japanese spireas are known for their flowers and low maintenance. They grow best in full sun but will handle part shade just fine and are drought and heat tolerant. It can be used in borders, shrub beds, foundation plantings, or in massing. Line them up along driveway or sidewalk for cheerful curb appeal. About Magic Carpet Spirea Magic Carpet grows 3 feet tall and 4 feet wide at its fullest. Neaten up in front of old shrubs with bare legs. Use to flesh out contrast at the lawn's edge. Guaranteed to add zest to any foundation planting scheme. Bursting out in color, Spiraea japonica Magic Carpet Walbuma (Japanese Spirea) is a low-growing deciduous shrub with brilliant red leaves in spring. This is an exceptional low growing shrub to brighten and fill in skimpy beds and borders. Moderate growing compact mound reaches 18 to 24 in. Native Spiraeas of Europe were well known as the source of white flowered wreaths worn by country brides in spring weddings. However, plants were not introduced to the West until about 1870. But the Japonicas came about far later and first identified by Carl Thunberg, among the earliest western plant hunters to botanize Japan. Once it's established in your yard, it becomes drought tolerant. Full sun brings out the brightest colors, so give it a sunny spot. It's named for the European species from the Greek speria or wreath attesting to its whip like growths bearing white flowers worn at weddings. Magic Carpet Spirea is an outstanding landscape plant, perfect for foundation plantings, and included in patio plantings. japonica clan is a large group of ornamental shrubs that fall into the Rose Family.
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