Growing Plants On Garage Roof Peak

If the temperature doesn t go below 20 degrees fahrenheit or above 40 they won t freeze but will stay dormant.

Growing plants on garage roof peak.

It likes part sun to shade takes some drought and deer don t like it. Some tender perennials like a period of dormancy in winter. Over time they ll become crowded and produce fewer flowers. Daylilies spread by budding new small plants next to the main one.

Growing daylilies is easy and rewarding. Robert shuler the designer for this landscape in carmel highlands california made use of the side of the garage for highlighting silvery parrot s beak lotus berthelotii zones 10 to 12 spilling down from the roof and golden abundance mahonia growing up from the base. Just don t let the pots dry out or stay overly wet. Growing 12 to 18 inches tall and wide it s great for lining paths illuminating shady areas growing in containers and mixing with blue orange deep green or burgundy plants.

In late summer dig up the whole clump and use a shovel to split into smaller chunks. This mounding grass like perennial glows bright chartreuse yellow all year. Try dry habitat perennials and ornamental grasses such as rudbeckia achillea potentilla armeria dianthus helictotrichon sempervirens stipa tenuissima and even bulbs such as muscari or small allium species such as allium flavum and a. An all purpose soil less peat free potting mix is fine for growing herbs and other edibles but mix in plenty of perlite to both improve drainage and save on weight.