Rooftop Sedums

Proven patented hybrid green roof systems are available in four depths to meets your design needs 2 5 to 8 inch depths.

Rooftop sedums.

A graceful and charming plant sedum sieboldii offers blue green leaves that are often tinted purple. These varieties and species of sedum are grown extensively for use on green roofs mainly because of their hardiness and drought tolerance. 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 is a lightweight method to create a green roof thanks to the modest substrate layer depth.

It s our 10th anniversary 2007 2017. This allows for sharing of nutrients and water. 6 9 native to north america. For its evergreen foliage that turns pink in winter.

Sign up for our newsletter. The creeper types have super fast growth rates sometimes expanding up to. 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. Sedum is easy to maintain and requires little water and nutrients.

Full sun and well drained soil size. Ruderal creepers like sedum album acre and sexangulare these are fast to establish themselves on the roof. To 4 inches tall zones. Get news and tips about roof top sedums.

Sedum is very resilient to diseases and insects pests. Sedum has great adaptability under extreme weather conditions. 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. Sedum can withstand drought for example in very hot summers.

Green roof sedum have to be tough reliable and resilient to withstand the challenging conditions on a roof top. No why we love it. Roof top sedums is here serve liveroof clients in iowa missouri kansas nebraska and western southern illinois. Sedum plant growth types.

They crawl over the soil media layer and have very shallow roots. Sedums used on green roofs can broadly be separated into four different classes.