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Green Roof Planting GREEN ROOF PLANTING [Type the document subtitle] GOH LING NI AB100006 Plant Family Morphology Farm Height Characteristic Distribution Use 1. Campsisradicans Bignoniaceae -Pinnate compound - Sun to Partial 20-30 ft. Foliage:Deciduous North America Vigorous dense creeping foliage and leaves 4-12 in Shade (6-9 m) southeastern and ornate floral displays; provides shade Trumpet vine (10.2-30.5 cm) long - Average Water Flower: Showy clusters of Gulf Coast region of and wildlife interest to the staircase that cover the vine in Needs yellow orange to red the United States shaft trellisIt is best used in woodland a dense cloak of - Prefers rich moist trumpet-shaped flowers gardens and natural areas where it has bright green foliage soil but is space to grow. It will quickly cover -7-15 oval leaflets that adaptable to less fences and other structures. have serrated edges than optimal Trumpet creeper is one of the best situations. plants for attracting hummingbirds to your yard as it produces quantities of nectar rich blossoms all summer long. 2. Rhuscopallina Anacardiaceae - Deciduous tree - Good in dry, rocky 3.5²5.5 m Leaf: Alternate arrangement, In the eastern US Tall slender stems display tufts of foliage - Crooked, spreading areas (11²18ft.) deciduous,odd-pinnately from southeastern and flower panicles high above the roof Flame sumacƥ branches - Full sun to mostly compound, ovate-shaped, Maine, west to terraces, insuring visibility at street Shining Sumac or Winged Sumac shade dark green Michigan, and south level. Flame sumac pioneers and - Prefers acidic, to Texas and Florida colonizes poor soils and provides well-drained soil FlowerƳ flame-red fall color.Its showy fall foliage dioeciousgreenish-yellow provides an added benefit. Winged flowers sumac grows well in urban areas where air pollution, poor drainage and FruitƳhairy, red drupeƥ compacted soil prevent most small trees borne in terminal panicles from surviving. It is used in buffer strips, showy highway medians and reclamation projects. 3. Ceanothusamericanus Buckthorn - Shrub, having many -Dry plains, 18²42 in Flower: white, grow in North America The snowball-like floral display is (Rhamnaceae) thin branches. prairies, or similar clumpy,inflorescences on It can often be conspicuous in native meadows and New Jersey tea,New Jersey tea, -Root system is thick untreed areas lengthy, axillary peduncles. located in forest garden beds, bringing aesthetic interest Jersey tea ceanothus with fibrous root - Sandy or rocky clearings or verges, on to the staircase shaft plant community. hairs close to the soil Fruit:Dry, dehiscent, seed banks or lakeshores, Tea made from its roots isdrank to surface capsules and on gentle slopes. relieve toothache, digestive problems, -Stout, burlish, woody asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough, roots that reach deep spleen pain and as a sedative .The root is into the earth astringent due to its tannin content and contains an alkaloid that lowers blood pressure 4. Comptoniaperegrina Myricaceae - Not a fern, but a low, - Well-drained, dry, 1.5 m Foliage:Deciduous Native to eastern This East Coast native can be found deciduous, acid, sandy or North America, from growing in sandy soils and dry hillsides Sweet fern rhizomatous shrub gravelly soils Leaves: simple, alternate, and southern Quebec with low organic content, similar to the fernlike; fragrant and hairy south to the extreme growing substrate installed on the north of Georgia, and staircase shaft.Leaves are used for Stem: red-brown to grey west to Minnesota potpourri, and tea made from the leaves has been used to relieve symptoms of Flowers: catkins clustered at dysentery. Fruits may be eaten raw, and ends of the branches the fresh leaves are used as a lining in fruit baskets to help preserve the fruits. Seeds : in bur like heads, with four per fruit 5. Rhusaromatica Anacardiaceae - Deciduous shrub - Full sun to mostly around 2 m Leaf: Alternate arrangement, Native to eastern Large colonies offer brilliant scarlet fall - Irregular crown and shade trifoliate, deciduous, United States color in their native environment along Fragrant sumac dense - Prefers acidic, ovate-shaped, glossy dark green limestone cliffs and rocky bluffs of the brancheshaveascendi well-drained soil Chesapeake Watershed, making it ng tips Flowers: dioeciously yellow well-suited to exposed conditions. - Suckers flowers Fruit: hairy, red drupe 6. Rosa Carolina Rosaceae - A shrub in the rose - Mesic-dry soil 90-185 cm Flower: Pink, strong fragrance, Native to eastern A rugged rose well suited to meadows, family - Full sun 5 petals, average diameter 2", North America roadsides, and wilder gardens; the thick Pasture rose - Medium, armed with - Medium to wet borne mostly solitary bloom foliage creates a green cap over the thorns / prickles form staircase shaft, becoming a conspicuous - 5 to 7 leaflets. element in the neighborhood rooftop Fruit: Showy topography. Rose hip skin used as treatment for upset stomach , make jelly and tea 7. Sedum telephioides, Crassulaceae - A herbaceous plant - Regular water 6 to12in Flowers: Pale pink Native range extends A rare native that does well on exposed Hylotelephiumtelephioides with succulent stems. - Full sun to shade (15-30 cm) from Georgia to rock outcrops as well as gardens and - Perennial, deciduous Fruit: Pod Illinois and New landforms that are the analogs of the Allegheny stonecrop erect stems York, and it has ASLA green roof ·s south wave on terra Leaf:Oblong or oval, entire or introduced firma. sparingly toothed, alternate populations in Ontario 8. Sedum stenopetalum Crassulaceae - A succulent plant - 24-26°C (75-78°F) 20 cm Flower: Short inflorescence, Native to western The seasonal transition from producing mats or - Sun yellow petals, sometimes with North America from summer-green to winter-red foliage, Worm leaf stonecrop clumps of -Humus, loam, red veins. British Columbia and punctuated by yellow floral blooms in lance-shaped, linear, sandy Alberta to northern mid-summer, provides a distinctjagged or three-lobed leaves Leaf:Alternate arrangement, California to texture year-round to the south wave. - Dicot linear or narrowly Wyoming - Perennialherb linear-lanceolate and strongly keeled or nerved on the upper surface, crooked or worm-like, with sharply pointed tips. 9. Sedum floriferum´Weihenstephaner Crassulaceae - Perennial, evergreen - Full sun or shade 4-6 in Foliage: Blue-green, slightly Native to A low-growing sedum spreads trailing Goldµ - Low-growing - Drought tolerant (10 - 15 cm) serrated edges, may turn Kamchatka, Siberia stems across the substrate surface, stonecrop that - Prefers slightly red, rosette of rough, forming a dense groundcover in Stonecrop spreads by trailing well-drained, oval, dark green leaves well-drained areas with full sun. It can stems to form an average moist, dry be a good container plant and also the attractive ground soil Flower: White, yellow, clusters mass planting. It grows well grows well cover. of star-shaped, yellow-tinted, near water gardens or ponds. Hence, it is - Flowers appear on bronze-orange flowers an excellent selection for difficult sites reddish stems rising such as banks and rocky areas. above the thick, triangular, succulent green leaves sharply toothed near the ends. 10. Orostachysboehmeri Crassulaceae - Cactus - Full Sun under 6 in. Foliage: Grown for foliage, North Asia The conical arrangement of the flower - Succulent - Average Water (15 cm) silver/gray succulent spike and whorled silvery leaves add a Sedum boehmeri, Needs curious texture to the low-growing Hardy Duncecap - Heat Tolerant Flower: White sedum plant palette of the south wave. It also can be used as a container plant. 11. Sedum sexangulare Crassulaceae - Succulent - Drought, heat & 0.17 - 0.33 Leaf: Six spiral rows of small Native to Europe and A beautiful and tough sedum brings - Vigorous, evergreen humidity tolerant ft. cylindrical leaves, spoon Asia. intricate texture to the plant palette and Watch chain sedumƥTasteless perennial with - Part shade to full shaped, silvery or mi d green the reliability of a tried-and-true green Stonecrop mat-forming growth sun leaves roof plant ( also planted on terrace) . habit - Some Sand to Sedums are excellent grown in the rock - Ground covers Some Clay Flower: Yellow, star shaped 1/2 garden, containers between stepping - Dry to inch across stones or in wall niches. Normalwater range Stem: Fleshy bearing terminal rosettes of stiff 12. Sedum album ´Muraleµ Crassulaceae - Creeping evergreen - Full Sun 6-12 in. Foliage:The cylindrical to Native to rocky areas This drought-tolerant evergreen sedum perennial is a verdant - Drought-tolerant (15-30 cm) spherical leaves are pale to dark of Europe, North forms a spreading mat of rounded leaves White stonecrop groundcover for - Well-drained soil. green and sometimes Africa, and West Asia and stalks. It thrives in full sun, but sandy or gravelly soils red-flushed. tolerates a wide range of conditions. It is in sun, forming lush an excellent groundcover plant, green mats of small Flower: White, Light Pink, particularly for hot, dry sites. It isnice in succulent leaves showy. Flat clusters of small a rock garden and for planting in green starry white to pinkish flowers roofs or in rock walls. appear from late spring into summer. 13. Sedum spurium´Voodooµ Crassulaceae - Perennials, cactus - Full Sun under 6 in. Foliage:EvergreenSucculent, Native to western Prized for the colors of its leaves and and succulents - Drought-tolerant; (15 cm) Thick, succulent, obovate, dark Eurasia. stems, 'Voodoo' is a creeping evergreen Two-row stonecrop, -A low-growing, - Average, dry to maroon-red leaves are toothed sedum. When young and small the leaves Voodoo Stonecrop sprawling, medium moisture, near the ends are green. At full size they are overlain mat-forming, dark well-drained soils with gray and blend to maroon at the mahogany-leaved - Tolerates some Stem: Creeping, branching edges. The stems are maroon too and stonecrop or sedum light shade stems root at the nodes. they run on the ground, so they are that is commonly - Sandy or gravelly mostly hidden below the leaves, which grown as a ground soils Flower: Tiny, star-shaped, rise to a uniform height, making the cover.
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