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Layout the plantings. The author put white clay tiles down to serve as a permanent walkway, then planted seedlings chosen for their hardiness and low maintenance.
Let it grow. The fi nal garden includes the following plantings
(author’s commentary in italics): ■
Chamomile – Has spread ok. ■ Houstonia Caerulea – Has spread ok.
■ Sedum Hispanicum Glaucum – Brilliant, looks great, spread really well. ■ Sedum Refl exum – Brilliant, looks great, spread really well.
■ Thymus Serpyllum Minimus – Favorite, really dense coverage, very pretty. ■ Scabiosa – Don’t like it, looks a bit weedy now. ■ Acaena Saccaticupula – Didn’t last too long. ■ Cotula Hispida – Also didn’t last too long.
■ Dianthus Deltoides – Looks lovely, but hasn’t spread that well. ~ How-to ~ BUILD A GREEN ROOF 13
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