Lightweight Plant For Green Roof

Their low growing and or spreading habits great drought tolerance seasonal flowers and contrasting foliage colours textures and forms make them ideal candidates for green roofs.

Lightweight plant for green roof.

Wind tolerant frost tolerant heat tolerant poor soil tolerant maintenance free. It is a good growing medium and ensures good water absorption and tenacity. The green roof is the only building element that improves with age. Green roofs the best of biophilic design.

As required it can be delivered in big bags or pumped from a tanker truck. The best plants for a green or living roof must be. There are literally hundreds of varieties found. Laterlitegreen is a ready to use pre mixed lightweight substrate with optimised properties for green roofs and roof gardens.

Substrate roll is a lightweight green roof substrate manufactured from long mineral wool fibres. Jim mumford on the first permitted commercial green roof in san diego county. The substrate can be prepared in situ by mixing 20 40 laterlite agri with the other components or can be supplied as a pre mix ready for use. Succulents particularly colourful sedums dominate shallow substrate green roofs across temperate europe and north america.

3 drainage including filterfleece 11 20 mm.