Green roof planting

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Build a Living Roof / Green Roof: Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden. While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof, why you ask.. well..: 1. I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property (we live…

In a previous post, we discussed how green roofs work and which elements constitute them.

Considering a Green Roof System? But not sure whether to install a sedum or wildflower system? Sedum are very low maintenance and hardy. They are draught tolerant which offers colour all year round. Very versatile in extreme weathers and can survive in shallow substrate. Wildlfower roofs require more maintenance but offer a more varied mix of plant species and local wildflower plants can be incorporated. Wildflower roofs can attract a wider variety of wildlife including bees. #greenroof

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Over time the blooms of the phlox and Silene caroliniana fared due to a lack of natural rainwater. By the end of the fourth growing season, the blooming sedum has given the south wave an entirely new look.

Contemporary designers continue to explore new ways that the forgotten wilderness of the roofscape can be utilized as usable space with a greater purpose. Roof designs can become an integral part of a network of sustainable systems for a green building to purify its connection with its surrounding e…

The term ‘sedum roof’ often gives rise to the question ‘what is sedum?’ and then with the follow up question of ‘why use sedum?’ It is these questions that we hope to answer here.