LiveRoof® Updates

Monday, February 7, 2011

LiveRoof® Système de toiture verte hybride

French Language Green Roof Information:

LiveRoof® Système de toiture verte hybride

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Tis the Season

Happy Holidays

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LiveRoof, LLC will close our office to observe the holiday season on December 24 and December 31, 2011.

In the spirit of the season, we wanted to share some of our favorite Green and Red green roof plants:

Sour Cherry™ Sedum (Sedum spurium Sour Cherry™ ('Noned') PPAF)

'Summer Glory' Sedum (Sedum spurium 'Summer Glory')

BELLA Bluegrass™ (Poa praetensis)

The following selections will make a bold statement in the LiveRoof® Deep System (6" Soil Depth).

'Red Velvet' Yarrow (Achillea 'Red Velvet')

'Hot Papaya' Coneflower (Echinacea 'Hot Papaya' PPAF)

Red Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Rotstrahlbusch')

... and here are a couple of 'festive' red & green patterned LiveRoof® installations.

Grand Rapids Community College

Grand Rapids, MI

Muskegon Community College

Muskegon, MI

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Choose Sunshine Sedum to Cheer Up your Green Roof

Maybe one of the best recent introductions to the LiveRoof line of plants, Sunshine Sedum (Sedum album 'Chloroticum')is truly unique amongst Sedum album cultivars. This tiny, compact grower is named for its vibrant yellowish-green miniature beadlike leaves which maintain their green foliage color throughout the winter months. Sunshine Sedum grows along the ground in a mosslike fashion and reaches only 1/2 inch in mature height. In the summer months, it blooms sparsely with white, star-shaped flowers.

Absolutely beautiful all 12 months of the year, this low-growing evergreen is sure to please. We recommend combining Sunshine Sedum with spring blooming ornamental chives, such as Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum 'Pink Giant', and fall-blooming tall Sedums, such as Sedum telephium 'Munstead Dark Red' and Sedum sieboldii 'Nana'. For summer blooms, Sunshine Sedum will look spectacular with the florific Sedum spurium 'Salsa™' and the blue-leaved Sedum kamtschaticum 'Variegatum.'

Sedum album 'Chloroticum' is an evergreen selected for USDA Hardiness Zone 4. It is ideal for green roofs in direct sunlight or light shade. The flowers appear in June & July and attract butterflies.

Contact your local Licensed LiveRoof® Grower to incorporate Sunshine Sedum into your green roof plans.

SEDUM ALBUM 'CHLOROTICUM' - APRIL 1
CONSISTENT, CHEERFUL GREEN FOLIAGE

SEDUM ALBUM 'CHLOROTICUM' - JUNE 1

SEDUM ALBUM 'CHLOROTICUM' - JULY 15

SEDUM ALBUM 'CHLOROTICUM' - IN BLOOM
CROPPED SPARSELY WITH TINY WHITE, STAR-SHAPED FLOWERS

Friday, December 17, 2010

Check out the NEW 'Cherry Blush®' Sedum

Cherry Blush™ Sedum is named for its olive green, lustrous cherry-red edged foliage. Borne upon arching stems, the foliage of Cherry Blush® becomes more red-infused as the season progresses, and during summer is topped with dusky pink, star-shaped flowers.

Sedum spurium 'Cherry Blush®' ('Nonio') is a semi-evergreen selected for USDA Hardiness Zone 3. It is ideal for green roofs in direct sunlight or light shade. The flowers appear in June & July and attract butterflies.

Cherry Blush® Sedum is only available in the LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System. Contact your local Licensed LiveRoof® Grower to incorporate Cherry Blush® into your green roof plans.

Sedum spurium 'Cherry Blush™' ('Nonio') - May 1

Sedum spurium 'Cherry Blush™' ('Nonio') - May 15

Sedum spurium 'Cherry Blush™' ('Nonio') - Budding

Sedum spurium 'Cherry Blush™' ('Nonio') - In Flower

Monday, November 29, 2010

One of the Top Reason's to Love Toronto: The City Hall's LiveRoof®

The LiveRoof® brand green roof system on Toronto City Hall's Nathan Phillips Square is a meadow of over 20 different plant mixes and a testament to the instant natural beauty only possible with the LiveRoof® hybrid green roof system.

Toronto Life has called it out as one of the TOP TEN Reasons to Love Toronto.

"The resulting 3,250-square-metre garden of wild grasses and native plants is open to the public from dawn ’til dusk. Bisected by crushed white granite paths and dotted with ipe wood benches, the roof has the meditative effect of a Zen garden...