Green Roof Planting Grasses

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.

Green roof planting grasses.

Purchase an underlayment system from a green roof dealer. Taking cuttings or sowing seed to grow on and transplant will of course be cheaper still. An intensive green roof is a deeper typically greater than six inches heavier system designed to sustain complex landscapes. Ready to roll carpets of sedum are easiest but you should also be able to find plug trays of sedums and other plants sold specifically for green roofs which will work out cheaper.

Perfect for a green roof because it adapts well to harsh conditions sea thrift is a grass like plant commonly found on the coast. Planting a green roof finally it s time for the plants. Their rhizomes can be invasive and may damage waterproofing membranes. On smaller scale green roofs species with excessive vigour such as couch grass cynodon dactylon and kikuyu pennisetum clandestinum should be avoided.

It prefers sandy soil and dry conditions and the plants produce long stems of white or pink flowers throughout the summer. Put 1 inch of soil or a compost soil mix on top of the underlayment system. For intensive green roof. An extensive green roof is a thin usually less than six inches lightweight system that is typically predominantly planted with succulents drought tolerant ground covering plants and grass.