While most of the native plants in the giveaway at Plant for Nature! are perennials, there will be two shrubs: spicebush (Lindera benzoin) and the shrub shown here, common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius). It gets 5 to 10 feet tall and wide, and blooms with these white flowers in May to June. It likes sun to part shade. Ninebark provides great cover for birds and attracts many native bees and butterflies, including the ninebark pygmy moth. Photo courtesy Dow Gardens, Dow…
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