In search of a native hedge

As a gardener who often buys too many plants for too little space, I'm excited to have a small blank canvas in my front yard to play with this year. Our neighbor added a large concrete driveway along our property line in a place we used to see trees, flowers and lawn. We miss seeing nature, so our solution is to block the new view with shrubs. We are considering native shrubs. They are made to thrive in our environment and will support pollinators and other wildlife throughout the year. Our house faces east, and the front yard gets full sun in the morning and shade later in the afternoon. While we want to block the new driveway next door, we don't want to block much more than that, so we need a shrub that won't grow much beyond four or five feet tall. Here are a few we found at https://tinyurl.com/m8euusvf, https://tinyurl.com/mphvneas, https://tinyurl.com/grtlakespollin, and https://tinyurl.com/fairfieldpollinator. Common Ninebark is a tempting choice. It offers year-round beauty, with white to pink flowers in the spring and an exfoliating bark that turns a reddish brown in the winter. The flowers provide pollen for bees and butterflies, and the seeds provide food for birds, which can also nest in the branches. Common Ninebark grows fast and up to five to six feet tall and three to four feet wide, so we will need to see if there is a smaller cultivar. Black chokeberry has few disease or pest problems. It features dense growth, helping provide privacy. It also offers four-season interest, with fragrant white/pink flowers in the spring, glossy green leaves in the summer, red, orange, and purple leaves in the fall, and dark berries in the winter. It's a larval host for butterflies and moths, attracts beneficial insects and bumble bees, feeds birds, and is resistant to deer. Black chokeberry is deciduous, so won't act as a great screen in the winter. It grows to four to six feet tall and wide but can be pruned to stay smaller. This one sounds like it might work. New Jersey Tea only grows to two to five feet wide and tall and will thrive in full sun to partial shade. It blooms from June through July with tiny white flowers. It serves as a larval host for butterflies and moths, supports specialist bees and bumble bees, and attracts beneficial insects. We will explore this one a little bit more. Northern bush honeysuckle, a native plant and not a true honeysuckle, shouldn't be confused with its invasive cousins of a similar name. Northern bush honeysuckle grows to two to four feet tall and two to five feet wide and benefits bees, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. The yellow blooms appear in May, June, and July, and in the fall, the leaves turn yellow, orange, red or purple. I've always loved the scent of a honeysuckle. Dwarf fragrant sumac offers early spring nectar for bees, flies, and beneficial insect and it acts as a host for caterpillars. It is fast growing and deer resistant with yellow flowers in the spring and dark red berries into winter. The leaves turn orange, red and purple in the fall. The Gro Low cultivar only grows to two to three feet and five to eight feet wide. It's often used as a groundcover and probably won't work as a hedge in our situation. We have a lot to think about before we decide and will likely broaden our search to include non-native species that still benefit pollinators and wildlife. As a front yard feature, we want to get this right. Wish us luck in our search!