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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.

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

Meadows and Veg Shed – RHS Hampton Court

DustyG — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:00:21 +0000

The Oxford Green Roof Company is a small green roof design and build company based in Oxfordshire. They have taken a lot of advice from our DIY guide and both Dusty and John Little on setting up their company and how to build and approach the establishment of good green roofs. Their entry at RHS [...]

Green roof plant of the week – Common Knapweed

DustyG — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:52:03 +0000

Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) is a classic plant of rough grassland, dry meadows and road verges. This makes it ideal for planting on small scale large green roofs. It is also a great plant and is included in my species lists for brown roofs and biodiverse roofs.

‘Hardheads’ as they are colloquially known have the [...]

Green roof plant of the week – Common Toadflax

DustyG — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:20:54 +0000

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. [...]

Green roof plant of week – Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

DustyG — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:49:25 +0000

Being a classic plant of dry soils and rocky places the wild strawberry is a great green roof plant. It is commonly used on the continent on green roofs and there are many examples of it being used as a dominant green roof plant in the UK.

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The plant has long arching [...]

Green roof plant of the week – Ox-eye daisy – Leucanthemum vulgare

DustyG — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:36:09 +0000

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 [...]

Green roof shed of the month – Carport/Essex

DustyG — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:49:08 +0000

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 [...]

Green Roof Plant of the week – Kidney Vetch

DustyG — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:53:48 +0000

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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Brighton Green Roof Workshop April

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:58:27 +0000

Last weekend we completed our fourth 2 day green roof workshop for the Permaculture Trust in Brighton. Tue turn out was good with over 20 delegates. The delegate,s included garden designers, landscaping contractors, students and people who just have an interest. We always highlight in Brighton the use of green roofs for Brighton’s Biodiversity Action [...]

Green roof plant of the week – Selfheal

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:21:54 +0000

Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) is a delightful plant. It tends to grow quite short on green roofs, and brown roofs that have been designed for biodiversity. Some sedum blanket growers also include it in their products in seed form.[Show picture list][[Show as slideshow]] It comes in seed form in many of the native green roof mixes and [...]