The hanging basket on our roof garden faces some big challenges. The hanging basket has to be able to withstand strong gusts of wind and direct, drying sunlight for most of the day. Last summer we went through three different hanging baskets. The lantana performed the best, so we knew we’d make lantna the center [...]
Posts Tagged ‘best plant for roof garden’
15 Sep
Best Roof Garden Plant: Portulaca
Our pansies are past their prime and the lantana languished in the heat . . . but our portulaca is still perfect. Portulaca is low maintenance (no dead-heading required!) fast growing drought-tolerant annual. As fall approaches, the portulaca is still pumping out flowers so we’ve moved this container to a high visibility perch on our [...]
29 Jul
Best Roof Garden Plants: Miscanthus sinensis Cabaret
Miscanthus sinensis Cabaret wins the most valuable player award in our Brooklyn roof garden. As first year roof gardeners, we didn’t want to sink a lot of money on trees. We were also worried that trees might be too heavy for the roof or need too much water.So we’re using this grass to play a [...]
