If you have trouble giving the shrub a uniform shape by using large garden shears.

Jul 21, Magic Carpet spirea does not require pruning after its blooming period, but pruning at that time helps maintain a neat appearance in the vigorous grower.

After the last blooms expire, shear off the tips of the stems just below the spent flowers. Cut back as much as one-third of each stem's length if the plant appears unkempt or overgrown. To maintain the attractive shape of ‘Magic Carpet’ Spirea, you will have to prune it regularly. The pruning should be done annually in late winter or early spring, when the plant is dormant since this variety produces flowers on new wood.

Granular, liquid or stake type fertilizers can be used.

Make sure you prune it Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Spirea Pink (summer blooming), includes A. W., Daphne, Dolchica, Goldflame, Goldmound, Limemoumd, Little Princess, Magic Carpet, Neon Flash, Norman, Shirobana and Japanese White.

Prune these shrubs in early spring before they leaf out. Remove 50% to 75% of. Mar 30, Look for these while pruning and leave them alone.

Prune away old, mature canes to make way for new growth. Old canes may still produce foliage, but they prevent growth and block the sun from reaching the lower branches.

Cut them off at the base of the plant. In the fall or late-winter, prune the spirea stumplopping.barted Reading Time: 5 mins.

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Oct 25, Spirea shrubs respond well to pruning. In the spring, after the first blooms are spent, cut the dead flowers back by trimming spirea’s stem tips back to the topmost leaf on each stem. Throughout the summer, the plants shape can be maintained by cutting back overgrown spirea shoots or stems as well as any dead or diseased stumplopping.barg: magic carpet.