With it’s relatively long sepals, this delightful yellow native is an important plant for a whole range of wildlife, including long-tongued bees. It will grow in between 80 -100mm of a good wildlflower green roof substrate or growing medium. It is a classic native plants for green roofs in the UK if you are in [...]
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A green roof and living roof course held in November 2009. Dusty Gedge and John Little talk and present talks during the course. The course was undertaken by Greenrooftraining on behalf of RESET. Spring is now on us and this excellent green roof installed in London is starting to bloom. Although much of the seeds and plug plants are yet to bloom, a few Cowslips are already raising their heads to the London Sky to attract bees from around the immediate vicinity…read more A delicate pinky grey flower is one of our favourites. Although Hare’s Foot Clover (Trifolium arvense) is a slightly unassuming flower amongst the showier wildflowers it is very drought and wind tolerant. And it can grow in relatively shallow green roof substrates. Spring is here and it is about a year ago that two small green roofs were installed in the Recycling Yard of the London Borough of Lewisham. Since then the roofs have developed and been planted with additional flowers. Last summer the living roofs were awash with annuals and the native herbs that were planted. [...] |
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