Roof Plants Uk

Miniature bronzed leaves and pink burrs of acaena microphylla.

Roof plants uk.

However the plants you select should be appropriate for the amount of rainfall and the climate of the location where you are living. Plants for roof gardens and balconies. Also known as stonecrop because the succulent foliage resembles smooth polished stone sedums are the royalty of living roof plants. Meadow saxifrage saxifraga granulata.

There are literally hundreds of varieties found growing in. Peat free and from 100 recycled materials and green compost there is structure for the lifetime of the plants. Eco roof green roof greenroof living roof maintenance moss sedum sedum tray uk sedum you may have realised that we have just had one of the wettest for 6 months in the last decade will almost constant rain until this month. White stonecrop sedum album.

The ideal method is to establish some shelter using screens or robust plants which then creates a microclimate where other plants can survive. A deciduous shrub with a funky common name harry lauder s walking stick corylus avellana contorta twists itself into seemingly unfathomable shapes that are good sculptural plant accents to a rooftop garden. Plants for green roofs with a soil depth of 150mm. So seize the opportunity to elevate your planting to a whole new level with our pick of plants for a soil depth of 50mm.

The heart shape foliage on the shrub or small tree which can reach 10 feet tall and is hardy in zones 4 8 is interesting too. A honeybee enjoys feeding from the flowers of sedum kamtschaticum. Plants for green roofs with a soil depth of 100mm. Try dry habitat perennials and ornamental grasses such as rudbeckia achillea potentilla armeria dianthus helictotrichon sempervirens stipa tenuissima and even bulbs such as muscari or small allium species such as allium flavum and a.

Two row stonecrop sedum. Widow s cross sedum pulchellum. A variety of plants can be used for extensive roofs including mosses sedums hardy grasses shrubs and many more. Sedums are one of the star plants for.

Gold sedum sedum kamtschaticum.