Green Roof Plants

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