Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Upper Midwest

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 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. You can learn how to landscape and garden 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 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, companion plants, and Jaret's notes. As an added bonus, you'll make use of blooming charts, planting charts, and more Plus, the invaluable garden plans and landscape plans show you just what to do and can be customized to suit your own specific interests.

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