Plant materials for use in extensive green roof systems
Plant materials for use in extensive green roof systems
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| Botanical name | Common Name | height (inches)X | Flower Colot | USDA Zone | Bloom Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anternaria diocia1 | Pink Pussy ToesX | 3 inchesX | Pink | ||
| Arneria juniperifolia1 | Spanish Thrift | 2 inches | Pink | 2 | June |
| Arneria maritima "Pride of Dusseldorf" | Common Thrift | 5 inches | Pink | 2 | April - June |
| Aubrieta "Argenteo-variegata" | Rock Cress | 4 inches | Purple | 4 | April - June |
| Carrpanula "Birch Hybrid" | Bellflower | 4 inches | Blue | 4 | June - Sept |
| Sedum acre "Aureum | Gloden Stonecrop | 3 inches | Yellow | 3 | July - August |
| Sedum aizoon | 4 inches | Yellow | 5 | July - August | |
| Sedum Album Murale | 1 inch | White | 4 | ||
| Sedum cyaneurn "Rose Carpet" | 2 inches | Pink | |||
| Sedum dasyphylurn | 3 inches | White | 5 | June | |
| Sedum dasyphyllurn 'Blue Cadet' | 1.5 inches | White | 5 | ||
| Sedum dasyphyllurn 'Blue Carpet' | 1 inch | White/Pink | 5 | ||
| Sedum divergens | old Man Bones | 4-6 inches | Yellow | 5 | July-August |
| Sedum ewersii | Pink Stonecrop | 6 inches | Rose-pink | 3 | Late summer |
| Sedum 'Jelly Bean' | Jellybean Sedum | 4 inches | |||
| Sedum kamtschaticum | Russian Stonecrop | 6 inches | Yellow | 3 | June-July |
| Sedum linare 'Variegatum' | 5 inches | Yellow | |||
| Sedum lineare 'Golden Teardrop' | 3 inches | Yellow | 4 | May June | |
| Sedum matrona | 24 inches | Pink | 6 | Sept | |
| Sedum 'Mentha Requin | False Artillery fernX | 2 inches | 4 | ||
| Sedum pirifolum 'Blue Spruce' | 8 inches | Yellow | 3 | May-June | |
| Sedum reflexum | 4 inches | Yellow | 4 | ||
| Sedum spurium 'Fuldaglut' | Dragon's Blood Sedum | 6 inches | Red | 3 | Fall |
| Sedum spurium 'Roseum' | 6 inches | Pink | 3 | ||
| Sedum spurium 'Tri-Color' | 6 inches | Pink | 3 | ||
| Sedum spurium 'White Form' | 6 inches | White | 3 | ||
| Sedum spurium 'Larinem Park' | Shale Barrens | 2 inches | White | 3 | May-June |
| Sedum floriforium 'Weihenstephaner Gold' | Yellow | ||||
| Sedum 'Arthur Branch' | 18 inches | Red | 4 | August-Sept | |
| Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Sparkle' | Spider-web Hen & Chicks | ||||
| Thyrmus Praecox "Coccineus' | Red Creeping Thyme | 1/2 | Pink | 2 | July-August |
| Thymus praecox 'Pseudolarnuginosus' | Wooly Thyme | 1 inch | Pink | 2 | July-August |
Note: Invassive species - such as Sedum semankosurs, a native of china - shold be avoided on green roof applications. Daoperma, or ice plant, is also difficult to control on some roofs
1These require abotu 4 inches of soil.