Flowering Sedum Roof

Sedum pulchellum flower head is made up of lots of tiny pink star shaped flowers.

Flowering sedum roof.

There are about 400 species of sedums with a wonderful variety of colors shapes growth rates flowering season and evapotranspiration rates. Flowering stems are branched up to 6 inches 15 cm tall. Sedum plants are thick leaved drought resistant plants of the family crassulaceae and are sometimes referred to as stonecrops. Sedum greggii is a perennial succulent plant with cone shaped rosettes at the base of the flowering branches.

Go straight to purple roof green roof modeler. Full sun and well drained soil size. Flowers are star shaped and yellow in color. Incredibly hardy this drought resistant sedum is a favourite for any green roof.

Sedum plants come in a wide variety of heights colors and forms. Leaves are alternate oblanceolate or elliptic rounded to obtuse up to 0 5 inch 1 3 cm long and up 0 2 inch 0 5 cm wide. They look great against the clusters of pink flowers that appear in autumn. Sedum sieboldii growing conditions.

No why we love it. Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family crassulaceae members of which are commonly known as stonecrops the genus has been described as containing up to 600 species subsequently reduced to 400 500. For its evergreen foliage that turns pink in winter. They are leaf succulents found primarily in the northern hemisphere but extending into the southern hemisphere in africa and south america.

6 9 native to north america. In conditions where many other plants perish the widow s cross thrives.