Case Study. Snohomish, Washington

When we arrived on site, the green roof build up on the section we were there to help plant was just being completed by others. They finished leveling out the 4" of granular growth media that our SEDUM TILE® was to be installed over. A 2" depth is the minimum requirement for our TILE®.

Our SEDUM TILE® was conveyed to the roof using a forklift to raise the racks. We simply unloaded the TILE onto the roof from there. Had this been a larger project, we would have shipped the TILE® using our palletized trays and craned the pallets directly onto the roof.

The TILE® was easy to handle and simple to install. Only a little care was needed to be sure they made good contact with the media below and with each other to prevent air gaps.

Before long we had finished laying the SEDUM TILE® and were watering in our completed green roof.

We took a 600 square foot roof from Granular to Green in under two hours.

Three weeks after installation, the roots have grown through the coconut coir base and are starting to establish themselves into the media below.

The colors are constantly changing as some of the blooms are spent and others are just beginning. The foliage has changed in the three weeks since installation, also.

At eight weeks post installation, the plants are so established that they cannot be lifted anymore. Notice more color changes in blooms and foliage.

The Sedum varieties are all very well established and finding their niche.

Heading into early fall, Sedum spurium 'Fuldaglut' is showing off bright reddish-pink blooms, Sedum reflexum 'Blue Spruce' has yellow blossoms just starting to open, and Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' has orange tips and bright chartreuse autumn foliage.