Accent Plants
These plants can be used to add color, texture, height, extend flowering season, and to attract additional pollinators. They are most effectively used with a base of sedum to create the main cover for the green roof.
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Schizachyrium scoparium
Tall Mid-Atlantic native grass with blue-green foliage that turns red in fall and winter. -
Sedum selskianum
Often mislabeled in the trade. Mounds of green foliage and yellow flowers in midsummer. Great heat, cold, and drought tolerance. Deciduous. -
Sedum telephioides
Known as Allegheny Stonecrop this is our tall Native Sedum, found in the Appalachian mountain range. -
Seseli gummiferum
This interesting accent plant goes by the common name of moon carrot. It is a pollinator magnet and, though not a native plant, is a host for the larvae of the eastern swallowtail butterfly. -
Silene uniflora ‘Compacta’
Accent with gray-green foliage, good mounding habit, and an interesting flower structure. -
Talinum calycinum
Also known as Phemeranthus calycinus, Talinum calycinum is vigorous and showy. Incredible bright pink flowers over needle-shaped leaves. Blooms every afternoon, from early summer until the first frost. US Native. -
Teucrium chamaedrys
Bees love this purple-flowering accent plant. -
Thymus serpyllum
Spreads nicely into a dense, green mat. Purple flowers late in the season. Bees and butterflies love this plant. Holds foliage in winter. Shade tolerant.
