Quote above...."Magic Carpet is a low-growing deciduous shrub with ovate leaves opening red, and changing to yellow, always with some red young growth; flat clusters of deep pink flowers in summer"
Wow Silver Surfer they could be twins! Is it some marketing thing do you think, gardeners always go for the new variety? I've had my Magic Carpet (or parents of) for about 20 years now. I take cuttings as they get a bit woody after a while but they are a lovely shape and the insects love the flowers
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
No idea how you tell one from the other.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Spiraea+japonica+%27Goldflame%27&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjChvrQm__iAhUlQkEAHVYYA9gQ_AUIECgB&biw=1920&bih=937
https://www.google.com/search?q=spiraea+japonica+magic+carpet&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG8_Pum__iAhXVgVwKHcbSBtIQ_AUIECgB&biw=1920&bih=944
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/104244/Spiraea-japonica-Magic-Carpet-Walbuma-(PBR)-(v)/Details
Quote above...."Magic Carpet is a low-growing deciduous shrub with ovate leaves opening red, and changing to yellow, always with some red young growth; flat clusters of deep pink flowers in summer"