The New York Times Gift Article – “In her book “Plant This, Not That,” Elise Howard offers more than 200 substitution ideas for invasive plants. “Plant This, Not That,” a new book by Elise Howard, who gardens in New York City and Western Massachusetts, establishes basic principles for selecting, and using, natives in gardens around the country. In it she offers 200-plus examples of substitutions for invasive plants, and for some that aren’t, but aren’t big contributors to biodiversity, either, because they simply don’t earn their space by supporting pollinators or other organisms in the complex food web…”