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Just laid my first ever sedum roof with help from OH Looks fine, but was wondering with it being about 1 degree in central London at the moment at night, if it's a bad idea to water it or not? It came as fully grown sedum turf tiles, so you can

the leaves that are damaged will no doubt have to stay for now.  Sorry but know nothing about sedums or much about anything that grows.  The plant was given to me for our new border by a friend so want to give it some TLC, are they hardy and what do I need

before, but it looks great for covering an ugly bit of the garden. Thanks for your thoughts!     Sedum is dry-tolerant so it wouldn't want any water retention mat, but from the website  it looks to me like it comes complete with growing medium. There

loe this site so easy to understand thnk you crystal 2010 I love the idea as I have wanted to do something with the roof of my bird table for a long time. However, where do you find the water retentive matting and sedum matting, and can you just buy

Bird tables can be improved with a living, green roof that looks attractive and encourages more wildlife to visit your garden. The best plants to use for green roofs on your bird table are sedums, as they can withstand drought and grow on poor soil

Some of the stems of my  Sedum Purple Emperor seems to be collapsing due to the wet weather. The thick fleshy leaves are going soft and the stems turning brown. Would it be best to a) cut all the stems back in the hope new foliage starts to grow

The rich copper colours of the verbascum, fennel, sedum and diascia plants in this pot echo the colour of the warm terracotta pot beneath. Tall copper flower spikes of the verbascum give height to the display while the wispy, feathery foliage

during winter). Boosting the exotic display is a pineapple lily and a sedum, which come into their own when adorned with late-summer blooms.Carol Klein gives useful advice on planting cannas, while Rachel and Monty choose canna varieties for the Long

but the wet season has made everything grow so much. I have sedum pasties pride, new to me, that was cut back 3 weeks back and I expect to see it flower in 6 weeks. We will see. I regularly cut argyranthemum, cosmos. Etc back right now to usher in flowers

. It means that the plant produces shorter, sturdier flowering shoots that possibly flower a wee bit later, but not a problem to me. J. I have sedum iceberg and I tie them on stakes and cut back others,they grow back again quickley.I think with all rain