{"product_id":"mecardonia-magic-carpet","title":"Magic Carpet Mecardonia","description":"\u003cp\u003eMecardonia 'Magic Carpet' (Mecardonia 'Magic Carpet') is a delightful, low-growing, mat-forming perennial that earns its evocative name through a generous, season-long display of cheerful, bright golden-yellow flowers that cover the plant so completely and continuously that the fine-textured foliage beneath virtually disappears beneath a living carpet of vivid warm color. A member of the snapdragon family native to the Americas, Mecardonia produces small but prolific tubular-to-flared golden-yellow flowers with distinctive delicate darker veining that adds refined botanical detail to each individual bloom — creating a dense, jewel-bright ground cover display that is simultaneously joyfully bold at a distance and surprisingly intricate up close. The plant's naturally prostrate, freely spreading habit makes it one of the most effective and visually rewarding low-growing annual ground covers available for sunny, warm-season gardens of any size or style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis professional-grade 4\" plant arrives with a healthy, well-established root system cultivated through professional horticultural practices — ready to spread and establish quickly into its characteristic low, spreading mat. 'Magic Carpet' excels as a ground cover in sunny borders and raised beds, a cascading spiller in containers and hanging baskets, a vibrant gap-filler between stepping stones and pavers, and a bright edging plant along sunny pathways where its dense, golden-yellow carpet creates a continuous, eye-catching ribbon of season-long warm color from late spring through frost. Its heat tolerance, self-cleaning bloom habit, and vigorous spreading form make it one of the most low-maintenance and high-reward flowering ground covers in the warm-season garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmothering Golden-Yellow Carpet of Bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tiny but prolific bright golden-yellow flowers with delicate darker veining are produced in such extraordinary, continuous abundance that they form a virtually solid carpet of vivid warm color — one of the most densely and consistently floriferous low-growing ground cover plants available for full sun warm-season positions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExceptional Heat Tolerance \u0026amp; Summer Performance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thrives in the heat and humidity of peak summer conditions, continuing to flower prolifically when many cool-season ground covers slow or fade — a reliable, high-energy performer for sunny borders, containers, and paving gaps through the hottest and most demanding months of the growing season.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSelf-Cleaning, No-Deadhead Habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spent blooms drop cleanly without any deadheading required, keeping the plant looking perpetually fresh, tidy, and in continuous full flower throughout the entire warm season — one of the most genuinely low-maintenance flowering ground covers available for busy gardeners with high ornamental standards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVersatile Spreading \u0026amp; Trailing Habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e The naturally prostrate, freely spreading stems adapt beautifully to multiple garden roles — ground cover carpet, container spiller, hanging basket trailer, paving gap filler, and pathway edger — making 'Magic Carpet' one of the most functionally versatile low-growing ornamentals in the warm-season garden.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator Friendly:\u003c\/strong\u003e The densely produced golden-yellow flowers attract bees and beneficial insects reliably throughout the growing season — adding ecological value and critical pollinator resources to ground cover plantings, container arrangements, and sunny border edges throughout the bloom season.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 4\" healthy live plants thrive in full sun to light partial shade with well-drained, average to fertile soil and moderate moisture. Water regularly during establishment and through summer heat; tolerates brief dry periods once established. Treat as a tender perennial or warm-season annual depending on climate; frost-sensitive. USDA Hardiness Zones 9–11; grown as a warm-season annual in cooler climates. Mature height: 4–6 inches; spread: 12–18 inches. Bloom time: late spring through first frost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Planted Places","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48154410385622,"sku":"2MECMGC4","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/2496\/8075\/files\/MECARDONIA_Magic_Carpet.png?v=1776988970","url":"https:\/\/www.plantedplaces.com\/products\/mecardonia-magic-carpet","provider":"Planted Places","version":"1.0","type":"link"}