Magic Carpet spirea is the Plant of the Week and is a household name in the nursery business. If you were to walk into almost any nursery and ask for Magic Carpet, they would know what you want. This mounding shrub is a garden favorite for those wanting low maintenance.
About Magic Carpet Spirea
Magic Carpet grows 3 feet tall and 4 feet wide at its fullest. It can be used in borders, shrub beds, foundation plantings, or in massing. They grow best in full sun but will handle part shade just fine and are drought and heat tolerant.
Japanese spireas are known for their flowers and low maintenance. The flowers on these shrubs are bright pink and bloom on new wood. While they do not attract a large number of pollinators, I have seen bees and flies on them. The flowers are very showy when planted in masses. https://www.mortonarb.org/trees-plants/tree-plant-descriptions/japanese-spirea
Magic Carpet is a small shrub that opens up with red leaves in spring that mature to a bright, golden-yellow. It is a low-maintenance shrub that blooms pink in late spring and early summer – Paul Kiekhaefer, Landscape Designer at Grimm’s Gardens
Magic Carpet Spirea Care
After doing maintenance for 15 years, I can say that spireas are very easy to care for. You can cut them to the ground every year, or every other year and they will grow back 18 to 30 inches. They bloom on this new growth. I will often cut them again by half in July for a flush of new growth and blooms.
Magic Carpet has no insect pests here in the Great Plains or Midwest. They do sometimes get bacterial leaf spots, but this is aesthetic only. They spread slowly by rhizomes and seed, but seedlings are easy to pull out.
You can buy Magic Carpet online at our webstore. Or come to our garden center at Nebraska City or outside Hiawatha, KS. http://www.grimmsgardens.com/shop/
Happy planting!
