By Maggie Lee, a New Mexico-based garden designer quite familiar with drought-tolerant plants.

In their new book, “Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens,” Lauren Springer Ogden and Scott Ogden offer a unique resource of 200 adaptive plants ranging from trees to cacti. Accompanying the introductory page to each section, the authors’ beautifully-photographed garden vignettes illustrate accomplished examples of textural tapestries and well-proportioned compositions; gardens rich in species and relationships. I find this book both refreshing and useful.

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