Plant Material For Green Roofs

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Plant material for green roofs.

This can be made out of timber while off the shelf installations are typically metal. Plants for green roofs our plants are perfect for green roofs nats nursery grows a great selection of plant materials for green roofs including perennials bulbs grasses ground covers and 30 varieties of sedums. Plants are available as starter plants plugs or in larger containers 4 and bigger. Think of a green roof as a lasagne of ingredients.

Green roofs of creeping plants and herbs need some sort of frame around the perimeter to hold everything in place. 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. These are the mainstays of any green roof and should form the bulk of the planting unless provisions are made for the roof to support soil deeper than the 3 to 4 inches that is typical.