Plants are born melodic line conditioning organization . They store water , only to release it again in a well - dosed manner . Thanks to innovational solutions from horticultural companies from North Rhine - Westphalia and elsewhere , it is child ’s play to ' green ' roofs in city and municipalities . Their climate protection flora provide an effective counterpoison to hot and dry summers and help to improve our environs .
forward-looking concepts from the horticultural sectorPlants can make a dispute : a green bus stop , a sea of flowers on a garage or even a totally overgrown construction roof does not only look beautiful . Such area are also great for the environment . industrial plant from local nursery provide insect with food and home ground . During heavy rainfall they take over the sewerage system , filter pollutant and fine detritus from the air and bind carbon copy . In summation , plant growth improves the thermal insulation and sound insulation of buildings . implant a green cap is becoming increasingly easy thanks to innovative solutions from the horticultural sector . Growers have developed planting construct from low perennials that require piddling care . Among other thing , professionals rely on an ecological protective layer of Sempervivium mintage such as houseleek and roofroot , as well as specie such as mossy stonecrop and sedum .
This is arise in the Lower Rhine part : Thomas Viehweg grows stick-in-the-mud stonecrop species ( sedum ) in cassette in his family stage business in Issum for a foolproof immature roof . ( moving picture credits : GMH / LV NRW )
Unrivalled in juiceless areasA specialist for sedum plant is nursery Viehweg from Issum on the Lower Rhine . The family business , now in its fourth generation , produces many millions of plants per yr on 20 hectare of cultivate land . " As succulents , sedum species are able to make it comparatively unrivalled in dry post , " says possessor Thomas Viehweg . grant to the grower watering is not necessary because sedum store liquidity in their thick parting and last heat and even longer periods of drought unhurt . To make a colorful , harmonious green ceiling , the nurseryman combine almost 20 different young Sedum plants , which they place in 40 by 60 centimetre cassettes with mineral substrate .
240 sedum plants per square metreUp to 240 specimens turn here per straight meter . After about four calendar month , the surface is overgrown . Once ingrown , such a flora biotic community can live for several decades . The closed plant cover forestall seedlings of grasses and willows from finalize . " The maintenance crusade is minimum - as with a regular flat roof , one review per twelvemonth is sufficient to remove unwanted stuff and apply a long - terminal figure fertilizer , " say Viehweg . In addition , specialist knowledge is no longer required to make fresh habitat on unused estate .
The quick planted cassettes are plainly placed in any turn of piece on a flat roof or a coach full stop - and a beautiful and long - lasting planting is ready . The green roof cassettes specially developed for this purpose by metal storyteller WSM for bus topology stops that are greened by Viehweg , show how invention can be created through cooperation .
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