These plants are 'tolerant of' hot climates. [=are able to live and grow in hot climates]
Our teacher is not 'tolerant of' bad grammar. [=will not tolerate/accept bad grammar]
The people in the community are 'tolerant of' each other's differences.
(..) Anna wanted a change. Nearer to Princess Betsy at Tsarskoe Selo. The guards are in summer camp at Tsarskoe. Alexei Alexandrovich, forgive me, but... You are too tolerant. Your wife is... Oh! Is this about my wife? My wife is beyond reproach. She is, after all, my wife. Alyosha! Alyosha! (..)2012 Anna Karenina