Reviews
2017 GWA Media Awards Silver Medal winner "A wonderful and much-needed book that will inspire and inform the creation of bee-friendly wildflower gardens. Perhaps we can turn our gardens, neighborhoods, towns, and cities into vast, colorful havens for bees, butterflies, and other vital insects!" -- Dave Goulson, biologist, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and author of A Sting in the Tale "If you're ready to help save the bees, this is a great place to start. No matter where you live, this well-organized companion shows you the best plants to use." -- Joe Lamp'l, creator, executive producer, and host of Growing a Greener World® "The ever-helpful Xerces Society shows us how to bring back our threatened species, one gorgeous garden at a time. Everybody wins!" -- Dar Williams, singer, songwriter, and environmental activist, "A wonderful and much-needed book that will inspire and inform the creation of bee-friendly wildflower gardens. Perhaps we can turn our gardens, neighborhoods, towns, and cities into vast, colorful havens for bees, butterflies, and other vital insects!" -- Dave Goulson, biologist, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and author of A Sting in the Tale "If you're ready to help save the bees, this is a great place to start. No matter where you live, this well-organized companion shows you the best plants to use." -- Joe Lamp'l, creator, executive producer, and host of Growing a Greener World® "The ever-helpful Xerces Society shows us how to bring back our threatened species, one gorgeous garden at a time. Everybody wins!" -- Dar Williams, singer, songwriter, and environmental activist
Table of Content
Preface: What's Old Is New Plants and Pollinators: An Overview Pollinators and Pesticides Icon Key 1 Native Wildflowers Anise Hyssop, Giant Hyssop Aster Beebalm Black-Eyed Susan Blanketflower Blazing Star Blue Curls Blue Vervain California Poppy Clarkia Coreopsis Culver's Root Cup Plant, Compass Plant, Rosinweed Figwort Fireweed Globe Gilia Goldenrod Gumweed Ironweed Joe-Pye Weed, Boneset Lobelia Lupine Meadowfoam Milkweed Mountainmint Native Thistle Penstemon Phacelia Prairie Clover Purple Coneflower Rattlesnake Master, Eryngo Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Salvia Selfheal Sneezeweed Spiderwort Sunflower Waterleaf Wild Buckwheat Wild Geranium Wild Indigo Wingstem Wood Mint 2 Native Trees and Shrubs Acacia Basswood Blackberry, Raspberry Black Locust Blueberry Buckwheat Tree Buttonbush Chamise Coyotebrush False Indigo, Leadplant Golden Currant Inkberry Madrone Magnolia Manzanita Mesquite Ocean Spray Oregon Grape Rabbitbrush Redbud Rhododendron Rose Saw Palmetto Serviceberry Sourwood Steeplebush, Meadowsweet Toyon Tulip Tree Tupelo Wild Lilac Willow Yerba Santa 3 Introduced Trees and Shrubs Orange Plum, Cherry, Almond, Peach 4 Introduced Herbs and Ornamentals Basil Borage Catnip Coriander Cosmos Hyssop Lavender Mint Oregano Rosemary Russian Sage Thyme 5 Native and Nonnative Bee Pasture Plants Alfalfa Buckwheat Clover Cowpea Mustard Partridge Pea Radish Sainfoin Scarlet Runner Bean Sweetclover Vetch Average Number of Flower and Herb Seeds per Pound
