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

by Jane Moore

Overview

Butterflies are brilliant pollinators and add vibrancy and color 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 aflutter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787135352
Publisher:	Hardie Grant
Publication date:	06/16/2020
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	915,683
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

In a horticultural career spanning 30 years Jane Moore has been a head gardener at a Benedictine Abbey, a writer for national gardening magazines and newspapers, a researcher on BBC gardening programs and a TV presenter on BBC Gardeners' World. Gardening and writing about gardening have been 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