Categories David Meadowsweet flowers Post author By David Post date 23 August 2015 Meadowsweet flowers: from a distance a frothy mass, and a magnet for bees and hoverflies. In centuries gone by, meadowsweet was mixed in with the rushes used as floor covering, and as a flavouring for beer prior to the use of hops. ← Fly feeding on umbellifer flower → Goldfinch, on top of tree, calling