Waterwise Landscaping with Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Xeriscape Guide for the Rocky Mountain Region, California, and the Desert Southwest has useful advice on solving various water-supply predicaments with waterwise landscaping, information on the new turf-types of buffalograss and tall fescue, reports on an innovative water conservation law, detailed climate data for arid and semi-arid cities around the world, and special chapters devoted to the specific climates in Southern California, Southern Arizona, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.