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Though the common name is a bit unusual, Fleabane Daisy, Erigeron spp. is an extremely drought tolerant green roof plant candidate that blooms early in the spring. Excellent pollinator attractor, especially for bees.
Gaillardia pulchella, aka 'blanketflower' is an awesome drought, salt, wind tolerant wildflower that blooms all year here in Florida and requires little maintenance.
Florida green roof plant, Gaillardia or blanketflower |
Note: All the below featured plants are those I'd recommend adding to a green roof in hot, dry, tropical climates to support biodiversity, provide larval food and nectar, fix nitrogen, provide habitat, sequester carbon, provide oxygen and for many more reasons. We will be adding more plants daily as we develop this resource page.
Yellow Flowering Perennial, Nitrogen Fixing, Florida Natives
Wild Indigo - Dusky wings
Baptisia lanceolata
Fabaceae
Florida Green Roof Plant choice, Baptisia lanceolata |
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Spotted Bee Balm, Monarda punctata
Spotted Bee Balm - Horsemint
Monarda puncata
Lamiaceae
Undoubtably, Spotted Bee Balm, Monarda punctata should 'bee' a required plant for most if not all North American green roofs, living walls, xeriscapes and urban greening projects.
Green Roof & Urban Greening Plant, Spotted Bee Balm, Monarda punctata a native wildflower |
This week's photos shown here are of the Lamiaceae's (mint family) hardy native growing only a couple hundred yards off Florida's Atlantic ocean shoreline.
Spotted Bee Balm is a pungent native wildflower with a natural range across most of the United States and much of eastern Canada, with a sub-species, M. punctata spp. immaculata endemic to parts of Texas.
Spotted Bee Balm is listed as a historical plant in Kentucky, and protected as endangered in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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As a native wildflower, her nectar attracts many Lepidoptera and other pollinators.
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Though often confused in use with Citrus bergamia, the bergamont orange and recognizable component of Earl Grey tea, Spotted Bee Balm tea is reported to possess a calmative effect due to the thymol derivatives found in leaves, terminal buds and flowers.
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Spotted Bee Balm can be used as an annual or perennial, depending on the climate's average winter temperatures, but can be counted on to reseed or come back from roots on a reliable basis.
Ideally suited for green roofs, Spotted Bee Balm will provide excellent late summer color and vegetation, long after the Gaillardia and Helianthus have dried and gone to seed.
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1 comment:
There are quite a number of perennials that would look good on a green roof. That wild indigo you recommended would look nice in a house that is located near the suburbs or by countryside. In choosing plants for your green roof, you can never go wrong with those that are low maintenance and can endure extreme weather conditions.
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