Sedum Green Roof Plants

Succulent plants have unique ways of dealing with water and are well adapted to extensive green roof designs.

Sedum green roof plants.

Fully established sedum plants nurtured from seed at our own uk nurseries. An instant modular green roof. This family consists of four to five hundred species and thousands of different varieties. 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 also often known as stonecrop is a genus of the crassulaceae family of succulent plants. Mat forming species of sedum sempervivum and moss are good choices. Try dry habitat perennials and.

Absolutely gorgeous biting stonecrop a popular green roof sedum. Album delosperma could be tried in a sunny frost free area. Succulents are plants that store water in a part of the plant. The natural properties of sedum make this succulent plant extremely suitable for roof greening.

Why use a sedum green roof. Our m tray green roof system consists of specially designed modular trays containing superior engineered substrate and fully established flowering sedum. There are about 400 species of sedums with a wonderful variety of colors shapes growth rates flowering season and evapotranspiration rates. Easy to carry trays which click together to form a seamless green roof.

Succulents can reduce the transfer of moisture from their leaves to the atmosphere and they can store much moisture in their cells.