Green Roof Plants Edible

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Green roof plants edible.

Photo by tomoko naka. It tends to grow in a dry rocky location like its native mediterranean basin and the plants grow to a few inches tall with purple and pink flowers in the early summer months. Green roofs of creeping plants and herbs need some sort of frame around the perimeter to hold everything in place. Standard garden thyme thymus vulgaris is another edible herb you can plant along your green roof.

Think of a green roof as a lasagne of ingredients. Numerous vegetables herbs and select fruits such as strawberries and melons may be grown on intensive green roofs that receive frequent watering have ample sunlight and have proper soil. Striving to maximize every inch creative gardeners started experimenting beyond sedums giving edible plants new homes on green roofs and living walls and expanding the possibilities of hyper local food production. For example the university of california at berkley recommends a soil depth of 9 to 12 inches for shallow rooted vegetables like beets lettuce onions and spinach.

Edible plants require sufficient nutrients to support their rapid growth cycle and the energy needed to bear fruit. 1 comment plants sedums and more by admin extensive green roofs are not well suited to vegetables and herbs because the growing medium is very shallow.