An extensive green roof or sedum roof is a roof with vegetation that is more or less self perpetuating and that can further develop and maintain itself.
Sedum green roof plants.
Whether it is a sedum blanket or sedum plug our plants are lovingly nurtured at our uk nursery before being lifted and transported to site within 24 hours.
There is a wide variety of sedums.
They crawl over the soil media layer and have very shallow roots.
Gold sedum sedum kamtschaticum.
With all this in mind here are ten of the best green roof plants to choose from.
Vastly underused in the industry sedum aizoon euphorbioides is one of the more interesting plants suitable for extensive green roof.
Ruderal creepers like sedum album acre and sexangulare these are fast to establish themselves on the roof.
Green roofs can be created on even the tiniest of structures.
Sedum plant growth types.
We offer a premium sedum s pod tray module or a standard mat system the premium s pod system has a greater variety of sedum.
A sedum roof is by far the most popular choice for an extensive green roof system that sky garden provides.
These varieties and species of sedum are grown extensively for use on green roofs mainly because of their hardiness and drought tolerance.
Planting a green roof.
Green roof sedum have to be tough reliable and resilient to withstand the challenging conditions on a roof top.
This cultivar is a striking specimen featuring strong upright red stems and green leaves that are serrated along the edges.
Green roof plants should also be attractive and offer food and shelter for wildlife.
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Roughly speaking extensive green roofs have a substrate thickness of between 4 and 15 cm and a weight of 30 to 220 kilo per m2.
Large yellow flower heads appear in midsummer.
Finally it s time for the plants.
Sky garden s sedum blanket is a pre grown mat of mature sedum plants.
Sedum green roof only supply the best possible quality sedum mats blankets plug plants premium sedum s pod tray module and wild flower mats.
Ready to roll carpets of sedum are easiest but you should also be able to find plug trays of sedums and other plants sold specifically for green roofs which will work out cheaper.