Sentence examples for very drought from inspiring English sources

The plant is very drought resistant.

Although very drought tolerant once established, a very dry terrain would tend to discourage its incursion.

Not right away they live a long time, they're incredibly tenacious and very drought tolerant.

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) was a common silage crop; in the main crop producing areas it can develop to the full heading stage with seed set, suitable for ensiling, before low temperatures affect growth; it is very drought tolerant.

Once established, Eucalyptus trees are very drought tolerant.

Some cordyline, hibiscus, fern, orchid and bromeliad species are very drought proof as well.

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"It's very drought-tolerant," Zhang told me.

But subsistence farmers depend on it because it's "very drought-tolerant and very bad-management-tolerant," said Edward Charles, a team leader for the Great Lakes Cassava Initiative, a six-country consortium based in Kenya and supported by the Gates Foundation.

"Gardens from 10 years ago are not very drought-tolerant," Dean acknowledges.

An exception was farm C, which had very drought-prone soils, where white clover appeared to be wiped out by the extremely dry weather in 1994.