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Bringing nature home : how you can sustain wildlife with native plants / Douglas W. Tallamy ; foreword by Rick Darke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Portland : Timber Press, 2009.Edition: Updated and expanded pbk. edDescription: 358 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780881929928
  • 0881929921
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB439 .T275 2009
Contents:
Restoring natives to suburbia: a call to action -- 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Gardening with Wildllfe

First ed. published 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-340) and index.

Restoring natives to suburbia: a call to action -- 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.

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