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 sedum roof.

They look great against the clusters of pink flowers that appear in autumn. Sedum plants are thick leaved drought resistant plants of the family crassulaceae and are sometimes referred to as stonecrops. Flowering stems are branched up to 6 inches 15 cm tall. For its evergreen foliage that turns pink in winter.

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. Showy stonecrop the taller plants in the genus sedum are popular garden plants that are extremely easy to grow although lovely sedums are often taken for granted in the garden partly because they don t bloom until the fall but also because they require so little care from the gardener. Sedum pulchellum flower head is made up of lots of tiny pink star shaped flowers. To 4 inches tall zones.

In conditions where many other plants perish the widow s cross thrives. 6 9 native to north america. Full sun and well drained soil size. Flowers are star shaped and yellow in color.

A graceful and charming plant sedum sieboldii offers blue green leaves that are often tinted purple. They are leaf succulents found primarily in the northern hemisphere but extending into the southern hemisphere in africa and south america. 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.

Incredibly hardy this drought resistant sedum is a favourite for any green roof. No why we love it.