| Description |
viii, 256 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Douglas Tallamy -- Introduction: pollinators bring life -- The rusty-patched bumblebee and other native pollinators -- A primer on the pollination of flowering plants -- The scoop on honeybees -- Native plants matter -- Native plants -- But don't non-native plants attract pollinators, too? -- All green is not green! -- What about cultivars of native plants? -- Where to find native plants -- The climate change connection -- Diversity, diversity, diversity -- Starting Your Garden for Native Pollinators -- Site preparation -- Designing Your pollinator patch -- Native plants for containers -- Turning lawns into gardens -- Planting your patch -- Maintaining your patch -- Native herbaceous plants for pollen specialists -- As your garden grows -- Adding native plants to an existing garden bed -- From plants...to plant communities -- Beyond the patch -- Nesting sites and overwintering habitat for native bees -- Checklist for creating a pollinator-friendly yard and garden -- Profiles of native plants -- Spring-blooming native plants -- Summer-blooming native plants -- Fall-blooming native plants -- Native grasses and sedges -- Trees, shrubs and woody vines -- Rain gardens -- Pond and bog gardens -- Ask for me - and grow the native plant movement -- Boulevard (a.k.a. "hell-strip") gardens -- Concems...and reassurances -- Great combinations of native perennials for a pollinator-friendly garden -- Sample garden designs -- Balcony garden -- Community garden -- Public patch -- High-density residential -- Residential garden -- Resources -- Native plant ranges -- Native plant groups -- Native plant nurseries -- Selected books. |
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Endemic plants.
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Pollinators.
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Gardening to attract wildlife.
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Gardening -- Middle West.
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Gardening -- Northeastern States.
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Endemic plants. (OCoLC)fst00909705
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Gardening. (OCoLC)fst00937852
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Gardening to attract wildlife. (OCoLC)fst00937894
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Pollinators. (OCoLC)fst01070039
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Middle West. (OCoLC)fst01240052
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Northeastern States. (OCoLC)fst01242521
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| Added Author |
Colla, Sheila, author.
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Sanderson, Ann, illustrator.
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Tallamy, Douglas W., writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
1642832995 |
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9781642832990 |
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