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Travelling into a landscape and Vittorio Peretto. “Forest garden”: among plants and animals

house for squirrels. Ph. Anna Rapisarda

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Ecosystem in the garden: among plants, birds, squirrels and insects

What cannot be missing on the trees of a “forest garden”? Little houses for nightingales and squirrels.

Supporting animals means working in the wake of the interrelationship that we must recognize in living systems. Choosing plants that attract insects also means attracting birds that feed on them and having a richer ecosystem, where insects and pests are present, but under control.

A selection of species suitable for integration into a “forest garden”

Trees
Prunus padus (cluster cherry), Prunus avium (cherry), Crataegus monogyna (hawthorn), Corylus avellana (hazel), Sambucus nigra (elder), Malus sylvestris (apple), Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree), Malus “Evereste” (crab apple “Evereste”), Pyrus calleryana “Chantecleer” (callery pear “Chanticleer”)

Shrubs
Abelia spp., Euonymus europaeus (Euonymus priest’s hat), Viburnum lantana (Viburnum), Viburnum opulus (Viburnum snowball), Cornus mas (dogwood), Rosa canina, Ilex aquifolium (holly), Aucuba japonica, Mahonia aquifolium, Sarcococca humilis, Philadelphus virginalis (mock orange), Spiraea vanhouttei, Laurus nobilis (laurel), Prunus laurocerasus (cherry laurel), Rubus idaeus (raspberry), Ribes, Cotoneaster dammeri, Hydrangea paniculata (panicled hydrangea), Ligustrum vulgare, Lonicera nitida, Lonicera pileata

Climbing plants
Lonicera caprifolium (honeysuckle), Wisteria sinensis (wisteria), Hedera helix (ivy), Rubus fruticosus (blackberry)

Perennial grasses
Acanthus mollis (bear’s breech), Brunnera macrophylla, Dryopteris filis mas (male fern), Hemerocallis spp (daylily), Pachisandra terminalis, Polystichum spp, Viola odorata (pansy), Geranium macrorrhyzum, Lamium galebolodon, Convallaria japonica, Vinca minor, Malva sylvestris, Astilbe spp., Helleborus niger (hellebore), Liriope muscari, Rodgersia pinnata

Bulbous plants
Anemone nemorosa, Convallaria majalis (lily of the valley), Leucojum aestivum (snowbell), Leucojum vernum (spring snowflake), Narcissus spp. (daffodil)

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