Green roofs: Planting
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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 | style=background:Orange | |
Carex sp. | Sedge | 3 | Y | style=background: Green |
Centaurea sp. | Bluet | 1-2 | style=background: SlateBlue | |
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early sunrise' | Large-flowered tickseed | 1-2 | Gold | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis | 1-2 | Yellow | |
Coreopsis tripteris | Tickseed | 1-2 | Yellow | |
Cosmos sp. | Cosmos | 1-3 | Violet | |
Equisetum hymale | Rough horsetail | 2-3 | Y | SeaGreen |
Erysimum sp. | Wallflower | 1-2 | DeepPink | |
Geranium maculatum | Wild geranium | 2 | Y | Orchid |
Geranium psilostemon 'Rozanne' | Cranesbill Geranium | 2-3 | Y | MediumPurple |
Leucanthemum superbum | Shasta daisy | 1-2 | LemonChiffon | |
Liatris spicata | Blazing star | 2 | DarkViolet | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Blue cardinal flower | 2-3 | Y | LightSteelBlue |
Lolium multiflorum | Ryegrass | 1-3 | Y | LimeGreen |
Lupinus polyphyllus | Large leaf lupin | 1-3 | Y | MediumSlateBlue |
Monarda fistulosa | Bee balm | 1-3 | Orchid | |
Monarda punctata | Horsemint | 2 | Thistle | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass | 1-3 | LightGreen | |
Papaver rhoeas | Corn poppy | 1-3 | Salmon | |
Penstemon digitalis | White Beardtongue | 1-2 | White | |
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Narrowleaf mountain mint | 1-2 | Y | White |
Rudbeckia hirta | blackeyed Susan | 1-3 | Y | Yellow |
Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne' | Cutleaf coneflower | 2 | Y | Yellow |
Rudbeckia laciniata 'Goldquelle' | Golden glow coneflower | 2 | Y | Yellow |
Saponaria officinalis | Soapwort | 2-3 | Y | LavenderBlush |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | 2 | LightGreen | |
Sedum sp. | Stonecrop | 1-3 | Chartreuse | |
Sempervivum sp. | Houseleek | 1-2 | MediumSeaGreen | |
Silene sp. | Campion | 1-2 | Y | Snow |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | 2 | MediumPurple | |
Trifolium repens | White clover | 3 | Ivory |