The Maryland Cooperative Extension's Home and Garden Information Center's hotline for gardening questions at 800-342-2507. Outside Maryland, call 410-531-1757. Go to www.hgic.umd.edu/content/onlinepublications.cfm and click on "Xeriscaping and Conserving Water in the Landscape."
· Annette Ipsan, Maryland Cooperative Extension in Washington County, at 301-791-1604 or at aipsan@umd.edu.
· Robert Kessler, Penn State Cooperative Extension in Franklin County, at 717-263-9226 or at rxk4@psu.edu. There are examples of xeriscaping or drought-tolerant gardens at the Horticultural Center on Franklin Farms Lane across from Penn State Cooperative Extension offices in Chambersburg, Pa. The plants should be labeled by the end of May.
