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Roof garden
The construction of a roof garden can give very fascinating results and is a great way to have an original and comfortable environment.
The vegetables to choose for the construction of a roof garden can be:
- trees of medium or small size
- shrubby plants
- climbing plants
- evergreen plants
- flowering plants
Before deciding which varieties to introduce into the roof garden, some preventive considerations must be made, namely:
- extension of the area
- light exposure
- weather conditions
- types of containers available and their dimensions
- types of soil
- coexistence between plants.
Cornflower
It is a herbaceous ornamental flower plant which, due to its good adaptability, the appearance of its colorful and fragrant flowers, and its small size can be used to fill small flower beds or borders, or to fill vases for this purpose. decorative.
It has a straight and branched herbaceous stem of height up to 50-80 cm.
The leaves are thin, lanceolate, with a continuous margin and a bright green color.
The flowers are gathered in inflorescences with head, with an outer crown of sterile specimens and larger and an inner one of small and fertile specimens.
They have colors: white, pink and blue and are pleasantly scented.
The fruits are achenes with a feathery appendage that is intended to facilitate the insemination process.
It requires a soft, well-drained soil, fertile due to the presence of organic substance, preferably enriched with sand and humus.
It is a resistant and well adaptable plant that lives in any climate, even if it prefers mild or temperate ones.
It must be watered regularly, at least twice a week during the warm months.
It can be fertilized with slow release fertilizers, at least every two months.
Musa velutina
It is commonly known as: "Banana Rosa" due to the presence of apical tufts of small pink colored bananas.
It is a fast-growing herbaceous plant, ornamental and particularly suitable for being housed on terraces and balconies for decorative purposes.
It has an arborescent stem, straight, up to 2 meters high, yellow or green.
The leaves are very large, very thick and covered with a layer of waxy matrix.
They are green with pink veins and are inserted with an overlapping trend.
The fruits have an elongated shape similar to that of bananas, are covered with a layer of down, have an intense pink color.
They are edible for humans, even if they do not have a pleasant taste.
It requires a soft and well drained soil, enriched with sand, peat and organic material; it is advisable to also add some chopped bark.
It must be exposed to light, but not directly to sunlight; it fears the cold and in winter it is advisable to repair it in the greenhouse.
It is advisable to water regularly at least once a week, without ever drenching the soil to avoid damaging water stagnation.
Requires one or two annual fertilizers with liquid fertilizer.
Surfinia
It is a herbaceous plant of ornamental flower, better known as: petunia.
Due to its colorful and very decorative flowers and abundant blooms, this plant is recommended to form multicolored flowerbeds or borders; it lives well both underground and possessed and has excellent adaptability.
It has a herbaceous, sticky stem with a hanging posture.
the leaves are oval in shape and with continuous margins, they have a viscous appearance and are covered with a layer of slight down.
They have a light green color that tends to darken during growth.
The flowers have a funnel-like shape that ends with 5 upper lobes, and are brightly colored in shades of white, pink, red and purple.
It requires a soft, well-drained, non-calcareous soil, with the addition of peat, sand and organic material; it is advisable to enrich it also with shredded bark.
it must be housed in sunny areas, but not too hot to avoid premature withering of the flowers.
Requires regular watering every two days.
It must be fertilized at least twice a month, possibly with liquid fertilizer.
Achimene
It is a bushy evergreen ornamental plant which, due to its fairly small size and its hanging pattern, is recommended to create decorative areas in vases or jars.
It presents squamous rhizomes from which stems originate, endowed with flexible branches and tending to bend, assuming a hanging appearance.
The leaves are medium-sized, shiny and dark green.
The flowers have a funnel-shaped corolla that opens apically with 4 petals, white, yellow, pink and blue, very decorative.
Flowering lasts throughout the summer and until the beginning of the autumn season.
It requires a very soft, fertile, well-drained soil, enriched with peat and sand.
It must be exposed in bright areas, but not too hot as excessive heat could damage its flowers.
Its ideal temperature should never exceed 27 degrees ...
It is advisable to water regularly (at least once a week) and with warm water; It is useful to use pot holders to ensure continuous humidification.
