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| Aquilegia canadensis || Wild columbine || 1-3 || Y ||style=background:LightCoral|1
 
| Aquilegia canadensis || Wild columbine || 1-3 || Y ||style=background:LightCoral|1
 
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| Calendula sp. || Marigold || 2 ||  ||style=background:Orange|1
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| Calendula sp. || Marigold || 2 ||  ||style=background:Orange|2
 
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| Carex sp. || Sedge  || 3 || Y ||style=background:Green|O
 
| Carex sp. || Sedge  || 3 || Y ||style=background:Green|O
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| Coreopsis tripteris || Tickseed || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:Yellow|2
 
| Coreopsis tripteris || Tickseed || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:Yellow|2
 
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| Cosmos sp. || Cosmos || 1-3 ||  ||style=background:Violet|3
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| Cosmos sp. || Cosmos || 1-3 ||  ||style=background:Violet|1
 
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| Equisetum hymale || Rough horsetail || 2-3 || Y ||style=background:SeaGreen|O
 
| Equisetum hymale || Rough horsetail || 2-3 || Y ||style=background:SeaGreen|O
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| [https://www.ballseed.com/PlantInfo/?phid=053800789002215 Rudbeckia laciniata 'Goldquelle'] || Golden glow coneflower || 2 || Y ||style=background:Yellow|2
 
| [https://www.ballseed.com/PlantInfo/?phid=053800789002215 Rudbeckia laciniata 'Goldquelle'] || Golden glow coneflower || 2 || Y ||style=background:Yellow|2
 
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| [https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Saponaria+officinalis Saponaria officinalis] || Soapwort || 2-3 || Y ||style=background:LavenderBlush|1
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| [https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Saponaria+officinalis Saponaria officinalis] || Soapwort || 2-3 || Y ||style=background:LavenderBlush|O
 
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| [https://www.bluestem.ca/schizachyrium-scop.htm Schizachyrium scoparium] || Little Bluestem || 2 ||  ||style=background:LightGreen|O
 
| [https://www.bluestem.ca/schizachyrium-scop.htm Schizachyrium scoparium] || Little Bluestem || 2 ||  ||style=background:LightGreen|O

Latest revision as of 15:07, 15 October 2018

Sortable table, click on header you wish to select your green roof plants by
Scientific name Common name Soil Moisture

1=Dry 2=Med 3=Wet

Partial shade tolerance Colour
Achillea millefolium Yarrow 1-2 O
Allium schonaprasum Chives 2-3 1
Aquilegia canadensis Wild columbine 1-3 Y 1
Calendula sp. Marigold 2 2
Carex sp. Sedge 3 Y O
Centaurea sp. Bluet 1-2 3
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early sunrise' Large-flowered tickseed 1-2 2
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf coreopsis 1-2 2
Coreopsis tripteris Tickseed 1-2 2
Cosmos sp. Cosmos 1-3 1
Equisetum hymale Rough horsetail 2-3 Y O
Erysimum sp. Wallflower 1-2 1
Geranium maculatum Wild geranium 2 Y 1
Geranium psilostemon 'Rozanne' Cranesbill Geranium 2-3 Y 3
Leucanthemum superbum Shasta daisy 1-2 2
Liatris spicata Blazing star 2 3
Lobelia siphilitica Blue cardinal flower 2-3 Y 3
Lolium multiflorum Ryegrass 1-3 Y O
Lupinus polyphyllus Large leaf lupin 1-3 Y 3
Monarda fistulosa Bee balm 1-3 1
Monarda punctata Horsemint 2 3
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass 1-3 O
Papaver rhoeas Corn poppy 1-3 1
Penstemon digitalis White Beardtongue 1-2 O
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrowleaf mountain mint 1-2 Y O
Rudbeckia hirta blackeyed Susan 1-3 Y 2
Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne' Cutleaf coneflower 2 Y 2
Rudbeckia laciniata 'Goldquelle' Golden glow coneflower 2 Y 2
Saponaria officinalis Soapwort 2-3 Y O
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem 2 O
Sedum sp. Stonecrop 1-3 O
Sempervivum sp. Houseleek 1-2 O
Silene sp. Campion 1-2 Y O
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster 2 3
Trifolium repens White clover 3 O