I'm planning a green roof at the moment, which will be on a cold, north-facing side of my house in Yorkshire where it rains A Lot in winter, but will be quite dry in summer. The tray for the roof won't be that deep (the kind of construction we are using doesn't allow a really deep one), so I need things that can cope with nutrient-poor, part-shaded conditions, that are wet in winter, dry in summer. Bit of a challenge, I think . Not helped by the fact that I have never done this kind of gardening before and have no clue what I am doing!!
I'm hoping to plant it in Piet Oudolf style blocks of different texture/colour.
If anyone has experience of doing a green roof or planting suggestions, I'd be grateful. Things that I have seen growing on walls etc around here that might work so far are:
Persicaria vaccinifolia
Lysimachia nummularia
Adiantum species
Arabis fernandii
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shovetheholly · 16/08/2016 14:40
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