Wildflower Sedum Roof

The wildflowers and meadow grasses will burst into colour in the spring and summer and die back in autumn and winter however unlike a brown wildflower roof the sedum s will continue to grow all year keeping the roof green and visually attractive.

Wildflower sedum roof.

Buy a wildflower roof system. However a wildflower roof will require much more maintenance due to their large variety of plants and the types of plants used. The grufekit has a saturated weight of 75kg per m2. The depth of substrate is increased to 100mm compared to the sedum system s 50mm allowing for the wildflowers to flourish and establish healthily.

Whereas sedum are very low maintenance and rather hardy. This means that without a significant amount of sedum in the mix the green roof can appear sparse and patchy in places which will affect the aesthetics of the green roof system during autumn winter. Plants will grow seasonally providing colour and interest. Developed through collaboration with the university of sheffield s professor nigel dunnett and the green roof centre radmat wildflower mat is attractive to pollinators and provides a biodiverse colourful and drought tolerant range of wildflowers herbs and flowering perennials that will flourish in the conditions created on many types of green roof.

Both sedum and wildflower bio diverse roofs require maintenance. The varieties of wildflower used in this green roof system will flower from spring to late summer. Brown wildflower sedum roof. Although the flowers are not in bloom throughout the year the winter months still provide a green finish throughout the roof area.

Sedum wildflower green roof. Wildlfower roofs require more feeding irregation and are more labour intensive.