Rooftop Sedums

Sedum can withstand drought for example in very hot summers.

Rooftop sedums.

Sedum plant growth types. A graceful and charming plant sedum sieboldii offers blue green leaves that are often tinted purple. The creeper types have super fast growth rates sometimes expanding up to. For its evergreen foliage that turns pink in winter.

Ruderal creepers like sedum album acre and sexangulare these are fast to establish themselves on the roof. Sign up for our newsletter. Get news and tips about roof top sedums. To 4 inches tall zones.

They look great against the clusters of pink flowers that appear in autumn. 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 has great adaptability under extreme weather conditions. Sedum sieboldii growing conditions.

There is a wide variety of sedums. No why we love it. It s our 10th anniversary 2007 2017. Full sun and well drained soil size.

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. Roof top sedums is here serve liveroof clients in iowa missouri kansas nebraska and western southern illinois. 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. Sedum is easy to maintain and requires little water and nutrients. Sedum is very resilient to diseases and insects pests. Sedums used on green roofs can broadly be separated into four different classes.

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. 6 9 native to north america.