Native Deciduous Shrub
Sun: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Height: up to 6.5’
Moisture: moist, wet
Soil: Wet soils
Bloom: White, Pink in bud
Bloomtime: June - September
Attracts: Butterflies, moths, birds
Host: Spring Azure
Pollinator Benefits: recognized by conservation ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees; good for biological control of insect pests
Resistant to: Deer & drought
Meadowsweet, (Spiraea alba) This mound-shaped shrub, 3-6+ ft. tall and wide, bears numerous, fine-textured, erect, unbranched stems. Deciduous foliage is yellow-green, turning golden-yellow in fall. Tiny white flowers are arranged in conical, terminal spikes. A woody shrub with a dense, pyramidal, terminal cluster of small, white or pale pinkish flowers. The brown fruit, which persists after flowering, is a distinctive feature of all Spiraea.
Source: www.wildflower.org