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.
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Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) is an excellent plant on green roofs. However it is vulnerable to drought and therefore needs to be in at least 150mm to really flourish. A good tip is to plant between a couple of logs. The logs provide a little shade and protection form the wind. [...] This ‘moon’ daisy is a great plant to sow or plant as a plug in a both small and large green roofs. It is a very common green roof plant on the European continent, when establishing dry grassland green roofs. At landscape level – it is often a short lived perennial of grasslands, disturbed soils [...] Not exactly a shed, but built in the same way as we recommend according to our guide, this great building in South Essex sits amongst the agricultural land. The green roof offers a wonderful ecological resource for bees and other bugs in one of the most important areas of the UK for rare invertebrates. Whilst [...] Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) is a UK native wildflower of chalk, grasslands, shingle banks, cliffs and Junes. It is very common on green roofs in Switzerland and can sometimes tend to dominate an extensive green roofs. However it’s profuse yellow flower heads are a real magnet for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. |
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