Wildflower Green Roof Maintenance

Sedum green roofs require very little maintenance as they are very hardy plants and don t require much attention to keep them healthy.

Wildflower green roof maintenance.

Your grufetile s will be supplied with established plant coverage growing on 60mm 100 recycled growing media. We deal with all varieties of extensive green roofs including sedum and more biodiverse roofs that use wildflower varieties. A wildflower green roof. Once established they will continue to develop to create a self sustaining plant community on the roof that will also provide habitat for invertebrates and bird species.

Including wild flowers on a green roof opens up wider opportunities develop biodiversity. Whereas sedum are very low maintenance and rather hardy. The premium grufetile choice. Maintenance all ongoing maintenance and a specification for this for long term success needs scheduling.

Green walls and roofs contribute to better air quality reduce city noise and provide a layer of insulation resulting in energy efficiencies. The low maintenance and instant impact of our pre grown sedum wildflower grufetile s combined with seasonal interest makes them the ultimate bio diverse green roof. Each wildflower blanket is sown with a seed mix of 38 species of wildflower and grass to create a vibrant array of colour on your roof. The benefits of green architecture biophilia.

Semi intensive green roofs are low maintenance. Further green roof maintenance processes differ depending on which system is installed on the roof. So what are the advantages to having a green roof. Always use a specially engineered green roof substrate.

At 12 years old the stable roof is the oldest green roofs using wildflower turf. All plant varieties are available to the green roof maintenance company for use within our care and maintenance programmes. And they don t need as much maintenance as you might imagine. You will need at least 100mm plus an irrigation system for growing wildflowers on a roof.

Green roofs may be build up with sedum mats or plug plants. Maintenance 7 meadowscape pro 4 newsletter 11 page 54 pollution mitigation 2 show gardens 23 talks open days 8 the hive 1 university 2 urban meadows 22 wildflower green roofs 29. A sedum green roof can be maintained easily in two visits one in the spring and one in the autumn. They can keep buildings cooler in summer and warmer in winter said cleary.

Topsoil is no good for green roofs because the fine particles are easily washed into the drainage outlets. Both sedum and wildflower bio diverse roofs require maintenance. Most topsoil is also too high in nutrients for wild flowers so stay clear of it.