Planting for Butterflies: The Grower's Guide to Creating a Flutter

by Jane Moore

Overview

Butterflies are brilliant pollinators and add vibrancy and colour to the garden.

A summer's day wouldn't be the same without the gentle fluttering of delicate wings. They connect us with living and breathing nature and are an essential part of a dynamic ecosystem. However, in the past forty years, these insects, which were once a common sight in our gardens, are now in decline thanks to habit loss, climate change and the use of pesticides.

But do not despair – there is a lot you can do to help improve their numbers! Planting for Butterflies will show you how you can attract these beautiful insects and help them to flourish by creating a butterfly-friendly garden. No matter how small or large your space – from a window ledge in the city to a country garden – Jane Moore offers advice on the nectar-rich blooms to grow, and when and where to plant them.

This charmingly illustrated, practical guide will set your garden a flutter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787136298
Publisher:	Quadrille
Publication date:	06/04/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	33 MB
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About the Author

In a horticultural career spanning 30 years, Jane Moore has been head gardener at a Benedictine Abbey, a writer for national gardening magazines and newspapers, a researcher on BBC gardening programmes and a presenter on BBC TV's Gardeners’ World. Gardening, and writing about gardening, have encompassed Jane’s whole career. She has wide-ranging practical experience, an astonishingly broad plant knowledge and an unswerving enthusiasm for gardens, horticulture and its impact on everyday life.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What do butterflies do for us? 08

Chapter 1 Why should we encourage butterflies? 11

Chapter 2 Ten important facts to know about butterflies 17

Chapter 3 The life of a butterfly 27

Chapter 4 Caterpillars and their needs 35

Chapter 5 What can I do in my garden? 47

Chapter 6 The gardener's favourite butterflies, moths and plants 59

Chapter 7 More brilliant butterfly plants 95

Chapter 8 Resources 127

Common and Latin Butterfly and Moth Names 132

Acknowledgements 140

About the Author 142