Magic Carpet Spirea Planting Instructions

Spirea is a popular flowering shrub hardy in usda zones 3 through 9.

Magic carpet spirea planting instructions.

Some other cultivars with notable foliage include. Some species of spirea require earlier pruning but the magic carpet cultivar hardy from u s. These features make magic carpet spirea an excellent ground cover. Monrovia s magic carpet spirea details and information.

Spirea blooms consistently and profusely on new wood after some time the plant begins to look a bit bedraggled with few blooms. In spring the new leaves are vibrant red gradually maturing to gold while retaining red tips. The foliage is compact and mounded and magic carpet spirea is an exceptional low growing shrub it can grow up to 24 inches tall. On some cultivars such as neon flash magic carpet and the double play series new growth has a burgundy tint that slowly ages to green.

Planting care instructions spirea x bumalda magic carpet plant patent 9363. Spireas spiraea fill the landscape with cascading clusters of flowers that bloom in spring and summer. Only pests we have had reported with magic carpet spirea is japanese beetle and aphids on new tender growth in early spring recommended spacing. Crispa japanese spirea has leaves that are deeply serrated with a ruffled edge.

Ogon often sold as mellow yellow is full of. How to plant a spirea bush. Magic carpet spirea spiraea japonica walbuma brightens a garden with rosy pink flowers set against a background of bright yellow green leaves. Spirea is a reliable blooming shrub that thrives in usda zones 5 9.

Pruning spirea after a couple of years will rejuvenate the plant. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. 1 to 2 feet tall 2 feet wide. Early summer through fall.

2 ft apart recommended for hedge mass planting. Department of agriculture zones 4 to 8 is a summer bloomer that needs pruning in early spring. Magic carpet spiraea japonica. It has a dense and spreading growth habit so it can spread up to 24 inches wide.

Whether you have one in a container that you want to move to the garden or you have an established plant that needs to move to a new spot sometimes spirea bush transplanting is necessary.