Sedums are one of the star plants for creating a green roof and a sedum roof needs no extra growing medium.
Roof with plants.
Ornamental grasses hardy with few maintenance needs and year round structure to boot are a good fit for rooftop gardens and blue fescue festuca glauca can be used in containers in a border or as an edging plant.
With all this in mind here are ten of the best green roof plants to choose from.
Increased plant biodiversity that provides a habitat for insects and birds.
The best plants for a green or living roof must be.
10 great plants for a living roof succulents.
These are the mainstays of any green roof and should form the bulk of the planting unless provisions are.
Gold sedum sedum kamtschaticum.
The recent initiatives policy reforms and growing investment towards promising sectors like green energy testify the country s intent.
India is a country focused on progress.
Most grasses would fail on a living roof unless they were watered constantly in the summer.
This is the right time to enhance your roofs with solar plants.
It is hardy in zones 4 8 and reaches just 10 inches tall.
Although demand for rooftop solar has witnessed depression due.
Reduced roof temperatures helping to cool the building and reduce heating and cooling bills.
Reduced and regulated rainfall runoff into stormwater drains.