Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: South

by Jaret C. Daniels

Overview

Plan Your Landscape or Garden to Help Beloved Backyard Visitors

The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels provides all the information you need in this must-have guide for Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and east Texas. Learn how to landscape and create pollinator gardens with native plants.

The book begins with an in-depth introduction to native pollinators and to birds. It’s followed by a “field guide” section to more than 100 native plants that are widely available to utilize, are easy to care for, and provide great benefit to birds, bees, and butterflies. The species are organized by level of sunlight needed and then by plant types. Each species includes full-color photographs and information about hardiness zones, what they are most likely to attract, soil requirements, light levels, and Jaret’s notes. As an added bonus, you’ll make use of blooming charts, tips on attracting specific species, and more! Plus, the invaluable garden plans and projects show you just what to do and can be customized to suit your own specific interests.

Plan, plant, and grow your beautiful garden, with native plants that benefit your favorite creatures to watch and enjoy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647551889
Publisher:	Adventure Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/08/2022
Series:	Nature-Friendly Gardens
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	1,076,932
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jaret C. Daniels, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Entomology at the Universityof Florida and Director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History, specializing in insect ecology and conservation. He has authored numerous scientific papers, popular articles, and books on wildlife conservation, insects, butterflies, and wildflowers—including butterfly field guides for Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Ohio, and Michigan. He is also the author of Backyard Bugs, Insects & Bugs Backyard Workbook, Insects & Bugs for Kids, Our Love of Bees, Vibrant Butterflies, and more. Jaret lives in Gainesville, Florida, with his wife, Stephanie.

Read an Excerpt

Purple Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata

Family: Passifloraceae

Plant Characteristics: Perennial twining vine to 15 feet or more in length; large leaves are dark green and have three lobes; solitary lavender flowers are large and highly intricate.

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6b–9b

Bloom Period: Late spring through early fall

Growing Conditions: Full sun or partial shade, average moisture, and well-drained soil

Attracts: Butterflies, bees, flies, and other pollinators

Notes: Purple passionflower is a must-have for any wildlife garden in the South. It is a fast-growing, twining, spreading vine that can be easily trained up a trellis, fence, or grown as a groundcover. Highly ornamental, the vine features dark-green foliage and sizable, eye-catching fringed flowers that draw in bees, butterflies, and other insect pollinators. It spreads by root suckers, forming small colonies. Also called maypop, plants produce a large, rounded fruit with edible pulp; a different species of passionflower, found in South America, is commercially grown for passion fruit.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Hardiness Map

Inventorying Your Yard

When to Plant

Eliminating Existing Weeds

Plant Selection

Plant Placement

Plant Diversity

Quick Plant Reference Chart

Blooming Chart by Month

Trees & Shrubs Guide

Garden Plans

Creating Nesting Sites for Birds

Creating Nesting Sites for Insects/Bees

Caterpillar/Butterfly Host Chart

Best Plants for Butterflies, Bees, and Birds

About the Author