Sedum Garden Roof

Sedum roofs are popular choice for a more natural finish to a garden room.

Sedum garden roof.

Sedum plant growth types. Vegetation options plugs cuttings instagreen sedum carpet or instagreen sedum tile typical application. Sedum roof garden mix create a green roof with sedum seeds. A sedum roof is by far the most popular choice for an extensive green roof system that sky garden provides.

There are two variations for the system build up. Sedums used on green roofs can broadly be separated into four different classes. There are different ways of achieving a living roof. They do not require a lot of maintenance and give an interesting aesthetic feature.

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. There is a wide variety of sedums. 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. 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.

Sedum is the best choice where water is in short supply although many will be happy with the occasional drenching rainstorm. Sedum roofs with a natural drainage layer are designed to maximize water retention while sedum roofs with a synthetic drainage layer may focus more on minimizing weight. 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. They crawl over the soil media layer and have very shallow roots.

An extensive garden roof assembly can be applied to flat roofs and sloping roofs with a pitch of up to 12 12 or 45 provided the appropriate measures are taken to cope with the shear forces and soil retention. The most important benefit of green roofs is the ability of the plants to soak up excess water to either store it or release it slowly over the following days. Sedum roofs also known as living roof systems are a layer of plants which live across the roof of your building. Ruderal creepers like sedum album acre and sexangulare these are fast to establish themselves on the roof.

Green roofs are becoming more and more popular in both rural and urban locations. Sedum roofs are extensive green roofs that have a media depth of 3 8 inches. Sky garden s sedum blanket is a pre grown mat of mature sedum plants.