Flowering Succulents Green Roof

You can also buy trays or sheets designed specifically for planting on a rooftop.

Flowering succulents green roof. Plus there are tons of colors and options to choose from. The silver star blooms only in springtime producing pink and white flowers. With sun exposure the leaf tips get a rosy hue. This green roof birdhouse is surprisingly easy to build and you can choose to grow grass succulents moss or other small plants right on top.

Succulents these are the mainstays of any green roof and should form the bulk of the planting unless provisions are made for the roof to support soil deeper than the 3 to 4 inches that is typical. To grow succulents and small cacti on a green roof use pre vegetated mats. Succulents particularly colourful sedums dominate shallow substrate green roofs across temperate europe and north america. This rosette forming small succulent is unique the red and green colored leaves are covered with spiderweb like cilia.

Nov 17 2016 explore mattburn87 s board plants green roof followed by 104 people on pinterest. Free shipping on all orders over 75. These varieties and species of sedum are grown extensively for use on green roofs mainly because of their hardiness and drought tolerance. This diy birdhouse designed by gary baltz does the same for our feathered friends.

This one is also known as silver star. Builders know that green roofs help keep houses cooler. Although these grow better in deeper soil than the others on this list they can provide an excellent design accent and be used to attract pollinators like butterflies. This is the easiest and best method for planting succulents on your roof.

Top choices for green roofs roof gardens and roof meadows green roof sedum have to be tough reliable and resilient to withstand the challenging conditions on a roof top. It has grayish green leaves that form a dome shaped rosette. The flowers are star shaped and pink in color and appear on the raised stems. Their low growing and or spreading habits great drought tolerance seasonal flowers and contrasting foliage colours textures and forms make them ideal candidates for green roofs.

A selection of succulents ideal for living wall or green roof projects. Available online at mountain crest gardens. A perfect option for the bulk of green roof plants as they thrive with little water and soil. Grow it in a rock garden scree bed wall crevice alpine house trough or simply in a container indoors or outdoors.

Six hours of partial light. This succulent grows to about six inches tall and six inches across.