Te Sedum Roof

If you are considering a green roof for your home or business sedums are among the top choices you should consider primarily because they can grow quite well in the soilless growing medium often used in green roof installations.

Te sedum roof.

You simply add a substrate ie. Our sedum green roof kits are designed for use on roofs with a slope of 3 20 degrees. Sedum is very resilient to diseases and insects pests. These trays can be used on flat and gently sloping roofs with a pitch of up to 15 degrees.

Installation is very simple. Therefore if you have a flat roof with a slope of 3 degrees or less please check out of flat roof kits. Why use a sedum green roof. If you want your roof to function as a garden and have large plants and even water features then the intensive green roof is for you.

Sedum green roof kit for pitched roofs. The sedumtrays te are available individually with dimensions 45 0 x 49 5 cm. A green roof is any roof that has substrate and vegetation growing over a waterproof layer. Sedum can withstand drought for example in very hot summers.

You can grow sedum plants on any flat roof. Green roofs can be found in many different sizes and shapes. 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. Sedum roof covering shortly after planting.

The sedum trays can be clicked together. A sedum roof covering is the lightest form of green living roof. 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. It comprises mature sedum on 20mm of extensive substrate and incorporating a multifunctional water retention and filter layer.

There are about 400 species of sedums with a wonderful variety of colors shapes growth rates flowering season and evapotranspiration rates. A layer of material in which the sedum can grow above the roof s waterproof membrane and plant the sedum. Green roof sedums sedum plants are thick leaved drought resistant plants of the family crassulaceae and are sometimes referred to as stonecrops. A widely distributed fleshy leaved miniature plant with small star shaped yellow pink or white flowers grown as an ornamental.

With this type of roof planting mediums are much deeper which can be between seven and 24 inches and can consist of lawn shrubs trees and perennials for example. 1 intensive green roof.