Sedum Green Roof Plants

A honeybee enjoys feeding from the flowers of sedum kamtschaticum.

Sedum green roof plants.

Planting a green roof. Large yellow flower heads appear in midsummer. These varieties and species of sedum are grown extensively for use on green roofs mainly because of their hardiness and drought tolerance. 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 only supply the best possible quality sedum mats blankets plug plants premium sedum s pod tray module and wild flower mats. Vastly underused in the industry sedum aizoon euphorbioides is one of the more interesting plants suitable for extensive green roof. Green roofs can be created on even the tiniest of structures. Green roof sedum have to be tough reliable and resilient to withstand the challenging conditions on a roof top.

We pride ourselves with our customer service and aftercare service. This cultivar is a striking specimen featuring strong upright red stems and green leaves that are serrated along the edges. 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.

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. Gold sedum sedum kamtschaticum. Finally it s time for the plants. With all this in mind here are ten of the best green roof plants to choose from.

There is a wide variety of sedums. Sky garden s sedum blanket is a pre grown mat of mature sedum 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. 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.

Ruderal creepers like sedum album acre and sexangulare these are fast to establish themselves on the roof. Sedum plant growth types. Green roof plants should also be attractive and offer food and shelter for wildlife.