Bringing nature home : how native plants sustain wildlife in our gardens
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Table of Contents:
- Restoring natives to suburbia
- The
- vital new role of the suburban garden
- No place to hide
- Who cares about biodiversity?
- Why can't insects eat alien plants?
- What is native and what is not?
- The
- costs of using alien ornamentals
- Creating balanced communities
- Gardening for insect diversity
- Blending in with the neighbors
- Making it happen
- What should I plant?
- What does bird food look like?
- Answers to tough questions
- Afterword: The
- last refuge
- Appendix 1:
- Native plants with wildlife value and desirable landscaping attributes
- Appendix 2:
- Host plants of butterflies and showy moths
- Appendix 3:
- Experimental evidence.