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- How to plant the roof garden?
- Extensive versus intensive green roofs
- What to look for when choosing plants for the roof garden
- Beautiful trees for the roof garden
- Ideas for combinations and plant choice
Woods, grasses and low plants create a meadow-like ambience
How to plant the roof garden?
The choice of plants for the roof garden should be well thought out. Robust plants that tolerate a lot of sun are particularly in demand here. Learn below which plants are suitable for the roof garden and what you should pay attention to when choosing.
Extensive versus intensive green roofs
Green roofs are available in different strengths, that is, with different amounts of soil. In extensive green roofs, the soil layer is only 5 to 24cm thick; In the case of intensive green roofs, the height of the earth layer is at least 25cm and can be up to one meter thick. This allows the planting of almost all perennials, grasses, shrubs and even small trees. Therefore, the roof garden is actually only spoken, if it is an intensive roof greening, as in the extensive plant selection is very limited. Sedum species, low-growing grasses and upholstery plants are cultivated here.
What to look for when choosing plants for the roof garden
Although in principle all plants can be cultivated on a roof garden, nevertheless you should pay attention to a few things in the selection:
Beautiful trees for the roof garden
If you would like to have natural shade on your roof garden, you can plant low-growing, shallow-rooted trees. These include, among others:
Ideas for combinations and plant choice
Grasses are planted on roof gardens: They are robust, easy to maintain, mostly very hardy and look very decorative. Plant on your roof garden a beautiful mixture of ornamental grasses and flowering plants as well as shrubs. Roses thrive well on roof gardens. With bamboo or miscanthus you can provide a beautiful, natural privacy and why not plant a few strawberries or lettuce? Lay paths of mulch or gravel between the beds.