Drought-tolerant gardens can be beautiful and give seasonal color, texture, forms, perfume and unique shapes, lowering your water bill. Valley News/Roger Boddaert photo
Roger BoddaertSpecial to the Valley NewsWelcome to the wave of xeriscaping, water-wise landscaping and drought-tolerant garden planning as we move into uncharted times.Undoubtedly, the global climate has been tested by significant world challenges, evident from what we hear via the news media almost daily.The world’s glaciers have been recessing for decades, rivers and lakes have gone dry, and heatwaves persist, along with wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones, crop failures and water restrictions to our gardens. Need I say more?Lake Mead and Lake Powell have fallen to alarming low water levels, a big part of the Southland’s water resource. The Central Valley, often referred to as the nation’s breadbasket, will be out of production in many areas due to the la
