Butterfly Gardening Book with designs and instructions
Bring back the butterflies with this book: Gardening for the Butterflies: Designing and Creating a Butterfly-Friendly Landscape. The book is written for the novice or experienced gardener that wants to encourage butterflies to their area. The book is arranged alphabetically by botanical or scientific name. Over 100 species are featured and are arranged by plant usage - Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Annual, Perennials, and Herbs. Over 390 color photographs depicting some of the many butterfly plants and cultural requirements that will attract butterflies stating whether the species is nectar, larval host plant or both. After each section there is a nectar and larval food plants list. It’s simple to read and understand with step-by-step instructions for butterfly and container gardening. In recent years, the natural habitat of the butterfly has gradually diminished due to the rapid growth of modern cities and suburbs, climate change, extreme weather, and loss of native habitats. In ...