Growing Plants On Your Roof

Planting a green.

Growing plants on your roof.

Green roofs of creeping plants and herbs need some sort of frame around the perimeter to hold. What began as a dirty roof can quickly lead to larger more expensive roof problems. Most grasses would fail on a living roof unless they were watered constantly in the summer. If you feel an urge to grow different exotic and beautiful flowers on your terrace to make a roof flower garden then grow lot of annuals.

How to plant a green roof on your shed planning a green roof. The best plants for a green or living roof must be. Beetroot the green red leafy portion of the beet and purple roots also edible along with boiled or raw salad vegetables. Saturated leaves and blowing dust can quickly become rooftop compost the ideal place for wind borne seeds to grow.

The conditions are ideal for algae mildew and mold to grow too. In summer grow petunias pansies and begonias and some exotic flowers depending on your climate. Wind tolerant frost tolerant heat tolerant poor soil tolerant maintenance free. You can plant some tulip bulbs and hyacinths colorful primroses are also easy to grow.

These are the mainstays of any green roof and should form the bulk of the planting unless provisions are. The damage trees cause to your roof. Plants can t grow without moisture.