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| Achillea millefolium || Yarrow || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:White | O
 
| Achillea millefolium || Yarrow || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:White | O
 
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| Allium schonaprasum || Chives || 2-3 ||  ||style=background: MediumOrchid| 1
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| Allium schonaprasum || Chives || 2-3 ||  ||style=background:MediumOrchid| 1
 
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| Aquilegia canadensis || Wild columbine || 1-3 || Y || style=background: LightCoral
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| Aquilegia canadensis || Wild columbine || 1-3 || Y ||style=background:LightCoral|1
 
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| Calendula sp. || Marigold || 2 ||  || style=background:Orange
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| Calendula sp. || Marigold || 2 ||  ||style=background:Orange|2
 
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| Carex sp. || Sedge  || 3 || Y || style=background: Green
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| Carex sp. || Sedge  || 3 || Y ||style=background:Green|O
 
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| Centaurea sp. || Bluet || 1-2 ||  || style=background: SlateBlue
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| Centaurea sp. || Bluet || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:SlateBlue|3
 
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| Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early sunrise' || Large-flowered tickseed || 1-2 ||  || Gold
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| Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early sunrise' || Large-flowered tickseed || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:Gold|2
 
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| Coreopsis lanceolata || Lanceleaf coreopsis || 1-2 ||  || Yellow
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| Coreopsis lanceolata || Lanceleaf coreopsis || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:Yellow|2
 
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| Coreopsis tripteris || Tickseed || 1-2 ||  || Yellow
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| Coreopsis tripteris || Tickseed || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:Yellow|2
 
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| Cosmos sp. || Cosmos || 1-3 ||  || Violet
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| Cosmos sp. || Cosmos || 1-3 ||  ||style=background:Violet|1
 
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| Equisetum hymale || Rough horsetail || 2-3 || Y || SeaGreen
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| Equisetum hymale || Rough horsetail || 2-3 || Y ||style=background:SeaGreen|O
 
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| Erysimum sp.  || Wallflower || 1-2 ||  || DeepPink
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| Erysimum sp.  || Wallflower || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:DeepPink|1
 
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| Geranium maculatum || Wild geranium || 2 || Y || Orchid
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| Geranium maculatum || Wild geranium || 2 || Y ||style=background:Orchid|1
 
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| Geranium psilostemon 'Rozanne' || Cranesbill Geranium || 2-3 || Y || MediumPurple
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| Geranium psilostemon 'Rozanne' || Cranesbill Geranium || 2-3 || Y ||style=background:MediumPurple|3
 
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| Leucanthemum superbum || Shasta daisy || 1-2 ||  || LemonChiffon
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| Leucanthemum superbum || Shasta daisy || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:LemonChiffon|2
 
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| Liatris spicata ||  Blazing star || 2 ||  || DarkViolet
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| Liatris spicata ||  Blazing star || 2 ||  ||style=background:DarkViolet|3
 
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| Lobelia siphilitica || Blue cardinal flower || 2-3 || Y || LightSteelBlue
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| Lobelia siphilitica || Blue cardinal flower || 2-3 || Y ||style=background:LightSteelBlue|3
 
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| Lolium multiflorum || Ryegrass || 1-3 || Y || LimeGreen
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| Lolium multiflorum || Ryegrass || 1-3 || Y ||style=background:LimeGreen|O
 
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| [https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=lupo2 Lupinus polyphyllus] || Large leaf lupin || 1-3 || Y || MediumSlateBlue
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| [https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=lupo2 Lupinus polyphyllus] || Large leaf lupin || 1-3 || Y ||style=background:MediumSlateBlue|3
 
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| [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=00440 Monarda fistulosa] || Bee balm || 1-3 ||  || Orchid
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| [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=00440 Monarda fistulosa] || Bee balm || 1-3 ||  ||style=background:Orchid|1
 
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| [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=02632&query=%20AND%20genus%20LIKE%20%27%24Monarda%24%27%20:0 Monarda punctata] || Horsemint || 2 ||  || Thistle
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| [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=02632&query=%20AND%20genus%20LIKE%20%27%24Monarda%24%27%20:0 Monarda punctata] || Horsemint || 2 ||  ||style=background:Thistle|3
 
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| [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=02410 Panicum virgatum] || Switchgrass || 1-3 ||  || LightGreen
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| [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=02410 Panicum virgatum] || Switchgrass || 1-3 ||  ||style=background:LightGreen|O
 
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| [https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Papaver+rhoeas Papaver rhoeas] || Corn poppy || 1-3 ||  || Salmon
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| [https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Papaver+rhoeas Papaver rhoeas] || Corn poppy || 1-3 ||  ||style=background:Salmon|1
 
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| [http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=22 Penstemon digitalis] || White Beardtongue || 1-2 ||  || White
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| [http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=22 Penstemon digitalis] || White Beardtongue || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:White|O
 
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| [https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=pyte Pycnanthemum tenuifolium] || Narrowleaf mountain mint || 1-2 || Y || White
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| [https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=pyte Pycnanthemum tenuifolium] || Narrowleaf mountain mint || 1-2 || Y ||style=background:White|O
 
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| [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=00600 Rudbeckia hirta] || blackeyed Susan || 1-3 || Y || Yellow
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| [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=00600 Rudbeckia hirta] || blackeyed Susan || 1-3 || Y ||style=background:Yellow|2
 
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| [https://www.gardenia.net/plant/rudbeckia-laciniata-herbstsonne-autumn-sun Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne'] || Cutleaf coneflower || 2 || Y || Yellow
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| [https://www.gardenia.net/plant/rudbeckia-laciniata-herbstsonne-autumn-sun Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne'] || Cutleaf coneflower || 2 || Y ||style=background:Yellow|2
 
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| [https://www.ballseed.com/PlantInfo/?phid=053800789002215 Rudbeckia laciniata 'Goldquelle'] || Golden glow coneflower || 2 || Y || Yellow
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| [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 || LavenderBlush
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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 ||  || LightGreen
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| [https://www.bluestem.ca/schizachyrium-scop.htm Schizachyrium scoparium] || Little Bluestem || 2 ||  ||style=background:LightGreen|O
 
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| [https://www.almanac.com/plant/sedum Sedum sp.] || Stonecrop || 1-3 ||  || Chartreuse
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| [https://www.almanac.com/plant/sedum Sedum sp.] || Stonecrop || 1-3 ||  ||style=background:Chartreuse|O
 
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| [https://theobsessedgardener.weebly.com/sempervivum.html Sempervivum sp.] || Houseleek || 1-2 ||  || MediumSeaGreen
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| [https://theobsessedgardener.weebly.com/sempervivum.html Sempervivum sp.] || Houseleek || 1-2 ||  ||style=background:MediumSeaGreen|O
 
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| Silene sp. || Campion || 1-2 || Y || Snow
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| Silene sp. || Campion || 1-2 || Y ||style=background:Snow|O
 
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| [http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=25 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae] || New England Aster || 2 ||  || MediumPurple
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| [http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=25 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae] || New England Aster || 2 ||  ||style=background:MediumPurple|3
 
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| [https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Trifolium+repens Trifolium repens] || White clover || 3 ||  || Ivory
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| [https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Trifolium+repens Trifolium repens] || White clover || 3 ||  ||style=background:Ivory|O
 
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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
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