When choosing any plant for your yard, it’s always important to consider the right growing conditions, but increasingly, even in temperate areas, we need to look at drought-tolerant planting as an important and desirable quality.
The choice of shrubs that suit prolonged dry heat is quite broad. Many will tolerate a level of drought if they are well established, with a mature root system that can reach for moisture as required. However, some shrubs are perfectly designed for xeriscapes, desert and gravel gardens and working with these can add a new creative dimension to planning borders and containers.
