Examines the many different types of dry climates, from deserts to semiarid regions.

An A-to-Z guide to landscape plants and their cultivation requirements and landscape qualities examines gardening in warm desert areas and bordering semiarid regions, and provides information on climate, zone, soil, water-efficiency, finding plants, and planting and cultivation techniques.

Visit Mongolia's steppes and the Gobi Desert, India's hot coastal regions and Nepal's high barren lands to see how a variety of plants and animals adapt to their harsh desert environment.