Flowering Sedum Roof

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Flowering sedum roof.

6 9 native to north america. Incredibly hardy this drought resistant sedum is a favourite for any green roof. 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. Flowers are star shaped and yellow in color.

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 pulchellum flower head is made up of lots of tiny pink star shaped flowers. They look great against the clusters of pink flowers that appear in autumn.

Sedum plants come in a wide variety of heights colors and forms. Full sun and well drained soil size. Go straight to purple roof green roof modeler. Sedum sieboldii growing conditions.

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. A graceful and charming plant sedum sieboldii offers blue green leaves that are often tinted purple. No why we love it. They are leaf succulents found primarily in the northern hemisphere but extending into the southern hemisphere in africa and south america.

For its evergreen foliage that turns pink in winter. Sedum greggii is a perennial succulent plant with cone shaped rosettes at the base of the flowering branches.