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 | 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 |