by Sally Roth
304 pages
Rodale Books, 2002
List Price: $18.95
If there's a better book out there than Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard on the subject in its title, I want to see it. I can't imagine anything more complete or more attractively presented than this.
A list of the chapters really tells the story:
- Butterflies and Hummingbirds: The Basics
- Flowers and Feeders for Nectar
- The Lure of Water
- Tempting Butterflies with Treats
- The Sheltering Garden
- The Next Generation
- Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden Designs
- Butterfly and Hummingbird Behavior
- A Gallery of Hummingbirds
- A Gallery of Butterflies
There are photographs, illustrations, tables, resources, maps, and recommended readings. This book contains so much useful and interesting information that in my opinion, you shouldn't bother with checking it out of the library. You should buy a copy of your own.
Sally Roth, author of numerous birding, nature, and gardening titles, spends much of her time watching birds and enjoying nature across the country. She currently lives in New Harmony, Indiana.
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Book reviewed was purchased by the reviewer.
by Brian Capon
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2 comments:
I've been very disappointed in Sally Roth's books because she continues to recommend many invasive plants, which I find highly irresponsible. I won't recommend these books at my site for this reason. Yes, there's a lot of great information, but you have to look up every plant she recommends because so many are invasive.
I'm totally with you on this book. One of my favourites, too. Sally Roth is such a wonderfully engaging writer.
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