Luckily, some plants will actually grow—and thrive—in both shade and drought. These drought-tolerant shade plants will add both greenery and flowers to your garden, even in the heat of summer.

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12. Tomatoes Yes, you read that right: Tomatoes can be trained to be drought-tolerant as long as you coax their roots deep into the ground, says Savio.

Sunny drought-friendly gardens are usually met with tons of heat. In such cases, it's always a good idea to give your garden some climbing plants for shade.

Looking for a plant to help you fill those tough to manage spots in the drier and shadier parts of the garden? Here are three shade perennials to try.

“They’re also wonderful in the shade.” “In our Pennsylvania summers, even a pot in the shade is going to need to withstand 90 F plus temperatures,” Clegg says.

California native plants are drought tolerant, requiring little water. The added magic is what Marques calls the Snow White effect: they'll attract hummingbirds, honeybees and butterflies.

"We have one: the aquifer." In 2005, Moberg-Hendron replaced her lawn with native and drought-tolerant plants that survive — even thrive — with little or no water besides rainfall.

These drought-tolerant plants can create a fire-retardent firescape for your home Lomandra hystrix Tropicbelle (Photo by Jo O’Connell) By Joshua Siskin | perfectplants18@yahoo.com ...

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These are plants that burn to the ground but grow back up when the fire is gone. Most malees (a eucalyptus category) have lignotubers that allow them to send up new growth after a fire.