Green Roof Sedum Plants

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Green roof sedum plants.

The soft stuff doesn t do up here so we use only the hardy varieties. A honeybee enjoys feeding from the flowers of sedum kamtschaticum. 9 varieties of sedum perfectly blended to create the world s hardest wearing sedum blanket. We supply pre grown sedum mats.

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. Planting a green roof. Sedums used on green roofs can broadly be separated into four different classes.

Sky garden is the uk s leading independent supplier installer of green roofs sedum roofs eco roofs our green roof company has 20 years experience. A pre blended sedum turf roll containing an excellent range of proven sedum varieties with a coverage of no less than 85. Sky garden s sedum blanket is a pre grown mat of mature sedum plants. A sedum roof is by far the most popular choice for an extensive green roof system that sky garden provides.

Gold sedum sedum kamtschaticum. 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. Green roofs can be created on even the tiniest of structures. 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.

Finally it s time for the 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. Sedum green roof only supply the best possible quality sedum mats blankets plug plants premium sedum s pod tray module and wild flower mats. Green roof plants should also be attractive and offer food and shelter for wildlife.

There is a wide variety of sedums. The same varieties which are found as far north as sweden and as far south as spain. 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.

With all this in mind here are ten of the best green roof plants to choose from. A roof is a hostile environment compared to life on the ground. The creeper types have super fast growth rates sometimes expanding up to. Ruderal creepers like sedum album acre and sexangulare these are fast to establish themselves on the roof.

They crawl over the soil media layer and have very shallow roots.