This is an example of tolerable plants to create diverse extensive green roof habits (e.g. 2 inch drainage and 3 inch FLL certified growing media). Plant diversity is the key for long-term sustainability, reduced maintenance and enhanced green roof benefits. Creating plant diversity requires an advanced level of horticultural knowledge and sufficient experience of practical/ hands on green roof maintenance. Diverse green roofs habits prohibit the use of chemical growth and weed control substances. Open flames (Flame Weeders) also increase damage of the ecosystem “Green Roof” and is considered as unprofessional procedure.
Achillea millefolium
Achillea tomentosa
Allium cernuum
Allium schoenoprasum
Antennaria dioica
Anthemis tinctoria
Campanula glomerata
Centaurea scabiosa
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Daucus carota
Delosperma cooperi
Delosperma nubigenum 'Basutoland
Dianthus carthusianorum
Geranium sanguineum
Hieracium pilosella
Hieracium x rubrum
Linaria vulgaris
Origanum vulgare
Petrorhagia saxifraga
Plantago major
Potentilla verna
Prunella grandiflora
Sanguisorba minor
Saponaria ocymoides
Sedum album Cultivars
Sedum reflexum Cultivars
Sedum sexangulare Cultivars
Sedum spurium Cultivars
Thymus montanus
Thymus serpyllum
Verbascum phoeniceum
Veronica teucrium