Plant Suggestions for your Green Roof
This is not an complete list, but merely a list of plants that have been used in
various green roof projects in North America
Antennaria dioica 'Rubra' (Pink Pussy-toes)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Kinnikinnick)
Armeria maritima - multiple varieties
Blechnum spicant (Deer Fern)
Cerastium tomentosum (Snow in Summer)
Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry)
Duchesnea indica 'Harlequin' (Mock Strawberry)
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Profusion' (Mexican Daisy)
Erodium × variabile 'Bishop's Form'
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' (Blue Fescue)
Fragaria chiloensis (Beach Strawberry)
Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen)
Gaultheria shallon (Salal)
Geranium sanguineum (Bloody Cranesbill)
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (West. Oak Fern)
Hedera helix 'Glacier'
Herniaria glabra (Rupturewort)
Hypericum calycinum (St. John's Wort)
Lavandula angustifolia
Leptinella - multiple varieties
Lithodora diffusa 'Grace Ward'
Mahonia nervosa (Oregon Grape)
Phlox subulata
Polypodium vulgare (Common Polypody)
Polystichum munitum
Potentilla neumanniana 'Nana'
Saponaria ocymoides (Rock Soapwort)
Sedum - multiple varieties
Sempervivum (Hens & Chicks)
Silene uniflora 'Druett's Variegated'
Thymus - multiple varieties
Veronica liwanensis (Turkish Speedwell)
Vinca minor
Other: Grasses, Wildflowers
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