The same varieties which are found as far north as sweden and as far south as spain.
Green roof sedum plants.
They crawl over the soil media layer and have very shallow roots.
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.
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.
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.
Sky garden s sedum blanket is a pre grown mat of mature sedum plants.
The creeper types have super fast growth rates sometimes expanding up to.
We pride ourselves with our customer service and aftercare service.
Gold sedum sedum kamtschaticum.
We supply pre grown sedum mats.
A honeybee enjoys feeding from the flowers of sedum kamtschaticum.
Green roofs can be created on even the tiniest of structures.
Finally it s time for the plants.
A roof is a hostile environment compared to life on the ground.
Our sedum carpet is lightweight low maintenance and offer an instant colourful green roof.
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.
Sedums are drought tolerant and therefore only require watering in long spells of dry weather.
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.
Sedums used on green roofs can broadly be separated into four different classes.
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.
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.
The soft stuff doesn t do up here so we use only the hardy varieties.
9 varieties of sedum perfectly blended to create the world s hardest wearing sedum blanket.
Sedum plant growth types.
Green roof sedum have to be tough reliable and resilient to withstand the challenging conditions on a roof top.
Planting a green roof.
