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Black Horehound (Ballota nigra) – Green Roof Plant

DustyG — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:26:37 +0000

Black Horehound (Ballota nigra) is a great plant for wildlife on green roofs. It is a perennial, with heart-shaped, bright green, toothed leaves that turn black once the plant has flowered. The stems go a purple/black as well. But it is the mauve/pink flowers that make it a star plant for bees, butterflies and other [...]

Green Roof Plant of the Week – Wild Thyme

admin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:43:40 +0000

Wild thyme is a native perennial that forms a scented cushion or mat of pink flowers. It can be found in a variety of dry grassland habitats from in chalk to heaths to cliffs to dunes. This makes it ideally suited to green roofs, so much so that there is a potential for this plant [...]

Green roof plant of the week – Lady’s Bedstraw

DustyG — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:34:04 +0000

Lady’s Bedstraw is found on dry, sandy sites, grasslands and dunes. Being suited to dry and well drained situations make’s it an ideal for green roofs.

Burnet moth on Lad's Bedstraw

The small yellow flowers are very attractive to a range of wildlife, especially butterflies, bees and moths. Specific species include Six-spotted burnet moth [...]