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This is one of my favorite shrubs due to its all season interest and high wildlife value. It begins with snowball like fluffy white bloom in May and June. The flowers then turn into spirea-like clusters of deep rose color. Eventually these turn brown and offer winter interest, as does the exfoliating bark, Physocarpus opulifolius makes an excellent hedge plant and provides good erosion control. Both short and long-tongued bees visit this shrub for the abundant flower nectar. Mining bees are frequent pollinators of ninebark flowers. A top choice for increasing biodiversity in the landscape, Common Ninebark is known to host numerous moths, including the Io moth, Glorious Habrosyne, Bluish Spring Moth, Hitched Arches moth, and the Large Maple Spanworm, to name a few!