Flowering Sedum Roof

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Flowering sedum roof.

Incredibly hardy this drought resistant sedum is a favourite for any green 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 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.

No why we love it. Sedum sieboldii growing conditions. Flowers are star shaped and yellow in color. Sedum plants come in a wide variety of heights colors and forms.

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. They are leaf succulents found primarily in the northern hemisphere but extending into the southern hemisphere in africa and south america. A graceful and charming plant sedum sieboldii offers blue green leaves that are often tinted purple. 6 9 native to north america.

Sedum greggii is a perennial succulent plant with cone shaped rosettes at the base of the flowering branches. 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. In conditions where many other plants perish the widow s cross thrives. Sedum plants are thick leaved drought resistant plants of the family crassulaceae and are sometimes referred to as stonecrops.

They look great against the clusters of pink flowers that appear in autumn. Full sun and well drained soil size.