Carol Lerner

Shows gardeners how to attract butterflies to their gardens and provides other facts about butterflies.

Provides simplified descriptions of twelve of the largest families of flowering plants in North America.

Discusses how to care for plants indoors, including such aspects as light, temperature, humidity, pests, diseases, equipment, and how to choose and grow your own plants.

Discusses the physical characteristics, growth patterns, habitats, and varieties of cacti.

Describes the woodland wild flowers known as ephemerals and presents some specific examples.

Paintings, drawings, and text depict the species of plant known as pitcher plants, which eat insects to survive.

Describes the plant life of the American prairie, season by season, and the role of wildfire in its ecology.

Text and drawings follow the growth cycle of twelve common flowering trees: pussywillow, white oak, sugar maple, elm, apple, horse chestnut, flowering dogwood, magnolia, witch hazel, black walnut, black locust, and tulip tree.