Make Your Yard More Private With One Gorgeous Pollinator-Friendly Solution

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If you consider your yard a private sanctuary, constant prying eyes and passing cars can be a major frustration. While you may not enjoy nosy neighbors peering into your yard and interrupting your privacy, visits from charming pollinators are a different, and far more welcome, story. Fortunately, creating a hedge with one stunning native plant will both increase your yard's privacy and attract more . The stunning  shrub makes a perfect privacy hedge and is also a pollinator magnet.

Meadowsweet is native to the  and is hardy in zones 3 through 7. While there are a wide variety of excellent hedges to plant for privacy in your yard, not many of them are as popular with pollinators as meadowsweet. It doesn't just attract a variety of pollinators and even songbirds with its beautiful blooms; it's also a host plant for spring azure butterflies. And because meadowsweet shrubs generally grows to a size of around 4 feet by 4 feet, planting a row of them can create a perfect privacy hedgerow.

Meadowsweet thrives in locations and is tolerant of a range of soil types and textures, though it can't handle alkaline conditions. It is also able to flourish in , where other shrubs may struggle.

While you can buy meadowsweet shrubs as , they also grow well from . Just be sure to buy native meadowsweet and not one of the invasive species in the Spirea genus. If you do decide to grow a meadowsweet hedge in your yard, be aware that you may have to wait around  before your plants start flowering. Meadowsweet, like many perennials, takes a few years to mature. It's more than worth the wait though considering the beauty the blooms and the pollinators they'll attract. Meadowsweet is also a perfect alternative if you've previously been using invasive privacy plants like for your hedge and want to change them out for more pollinator friendly native plants.