Some plants can cope with drought by going into some degree of dormancy. All the typical lawn grasses in our area can do this. Daylilies and liriope are examples. Categorize your Plants. Rank your plants and plant groupings as to their relative need for water in order to survive.
Plant vary as to how fast they become resistant to drought after planting.
In general, for any particular plant type, the longer it has been planted the more resistant it will be to drought. Recently planted plants are the most likely to require watering to survive drought. Also rank your plants as to value you place on them. Make a Watering Priority List. Manual watering is time consuming.