Gardener's Guide to Drought Recovery 5) Choose New Plants

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We have been given a gift with this drought.

With our own eyes and in our own gardens, we can see which plants truly do well in a drought  and which plants melt or shrivel up in the heat when we go a few days, or months, without rain.

Sure, we could have skipped the whole drought experience and just googled "drought tolerant plants" and memorized lists of plants