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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:30:01 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Green Roofs Plants
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Fluctuations of temperature, intense heat and possible periods of
drought, sounds like some desert plant might be worth checking out
to,they'll prolly grow quicker then alpines to; although i couldn't
suggest any species.

On 21 Apr, 14:01, Antonino Giglio <antonino.gig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I wish to experiment with green roofs and I wish to know if you can
> suggest me Victorian native plants like grasses, tussocks, prostrate,
> groundcovers, alpines, succulents, small shrubs, etc. that would
> easily grow in 5cm/10cm (max 15cm) of media and that could withstand
> period of dryness.
>
> Green roofs will maybe have a grey water irrigation system but my aim
> is having self-sufficcient environments with minimum man intervention.
> For this I thught to use a special soil media mixed with Biochar.
>
> The uniqueness of a green roof is that plants will have to perform
> under extreme temperature flactuations and be adapted to period of
> intense heat and intense rain (like, I think, many alpines do). So
> they need to be more resilient and have high regeneration
> characteristics.
>