Roof Top Garden Plants
Thyme rosemary cilantro and parsley are some easy growing herbs for a rooftop garden.
Roof top garden plants. In less sunny spot grow camellias and rhododendrons japanese maples and honeysuckles sweet autumn clematis. Shrubs dwarf trees and vines if the size of your terrace garden allows make the choice of small trees evergreen shrubs and vines. Choose the right plants and decorations to make the most of what space you have. A deciduous shrub with a funky common name harry lauder s walking stick corylus avellana contorta twists itself into seemingly unfathomable shapes that are good sculptural plant accents to a rooftop garden.
Normally rooftop garden plants and shrubs that are grown in urban areas are unable to survive during times of prolonged drought. Hibiscus and rose are two easily available flowering plants to choose for your roof garden. Examples of such plants are junipers pinus hedera and cotoneaster. 1 you can create any style of rooftop garden with container grown plants from a few simple herb plants to a formal elegant potager.
Containers are perfect for rooftop gardens because they are light portable flexible and affordable. Japanese maples and camellias are ideal shrubs for low sunlight spots of roof. Contact a structural engineer and map out your garden before you begin planting. Here is a collection of 19 herb plants to choose for any small garden.
If you live in an apartment or a house with no yard rooftop gardens can let you cultivate ornamental trees and grasses flowers and even edible plants.