Rooftop Sedums

An all purpose soil less peat free potting mix is fine for growing herbs and other edibles but mix in plenty of perlite to both improve drainage and save on weight.

Rooftop sedums.

No why we love it. Roof top sedums is here serve liveroof clients in iowa missouri kansas nebraska and western southern illinois. Ruderal creepers like sedum album acre and sexangulare these are fast to establish themselves on the roof. Designed to embrace the ease of a modular system with the benefits of soil to soil contact of the growing medium with the result of no grid lines.

Sedum has great adaptability under extreme weather conditions. Proven patented hybrid green roof systems are available in four depths to meets your design needs 2 5 to 8 inch depths. Now comes the growing medium which for a sedum roof should be at least 8cm 3in deep and for a roof of wildflowers herbs salad and strawberries at least 15cm 6in deep. They crawl over the soil media layer and have very shallow roots.

Green roof sedum have to be tough reliable and resilient to withstand the challenging conditions on a roof top. These varieties and species of sedum are grown extensively for use on green roofs mainly because of their hardiness and drought tolerance. It s our 10th anniversary 2007 2017. Get news and tips about roof top sedums.

Sedum plant growth types. There is a wide variety of sedums. For its evergreen foliage that turns pink in winter. This allows for sharing of nutrients and water.

Sedum is very resilient to diseases and insects pests. Sign up for our newsletter. Full sun and well drained soil size. Sedum sieboldii growing conditions.

Sedums used on green roofs can broadly be separated into four different classes. They look great against the clusters of pink flowers that appear in autumn. 6 9 native to north america. The creeper types have super fast growth rates sometimes expanding up to.

A graceful and charming plant sedum sieboldii offers blue green leaves that are often tinted purple. Sedum is easy to maintain and requires little water and nutrients.