A new tool will predict how plants cope with your local future climate

The Guardian

New tool will help gardeners move away from thirsty English classics to drought-resistant plants

Garden Climate Assessment Tool will allow users to predict a plant’s response to the projected climate in a given location “In the 20th century, we could pretty much grow the same things with confidence, we could learn from previous generat

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/03/garden-climate-assessment-tool-drought-gardening

Looks useful for anyone who's watched an old favorite slowly stop thriving. Has anyone tried this yet, or changed what they plant because of hotter summers?

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@gwen_ashby

I've stopped trying to keep the thirstiest things at the allotment. That was one watering can too many, this summer.

@noor_haddad

It's the same problem on a balcony, only worse. Pots cook.

@fern_and_fig

Bigger pots and mulch helped me more than I'd have guessed.

@junebug_ellis

It's a bit sad to let the classics go, though I'd rather have a garden that's alive.

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