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Enviromat Green Roof Enviromat is grown by Q Lawns, Corkway Drove, Hockwold, Thetford, Norfolk IP26 4AB |
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Introduction to Enviromat |
Enviromat is a soft landscaping material that is grown in Norfolk by Q Lawns. Q Lawns are best known for growing the nation’s favourite brand of lawn grass and are renowned for their high standards of quality control and customer care. Those standards are applied just as rigorously to Enviromat as they are to their turfgrass. By listening to gardeners, landscapers, architects and designers Q Lawns have learnt that there are many people who love the idea of a living green roof, or of a garden that is wildlife friendly, colourful and interesting all year round but busy lifestyles mean that a high maintenance garden is simply not practical. Q Lawns have spent several years working with Bauder to develop Enviromat Sedum Matting, a low maintenance, easy to install, ground cover material with living plants that don’t need dead-heading, mowing, pruning or weeding. Enviromat is an extremely versatile, frost hardy, drought resistant, random mixture of flowering sedum plants. The plants are especially chosen for their durability and the wide range of colour, texture and seasonal differences in their flowers and foliage. The plants are grown onto a patented free-draining geotextile mat with a layer of growing medium that allows just the right amount of moisture retention for the plants – not too wet, not too dry. That’s why Enviromat only needs watering during prolonged dry conditions. |
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Where to Use Enviromat |
The beauty of Enviromat is that it is happy in almost any sunny spot in the garden. Use it as low maintenance groundcover or to create a living green roof. Its use is only limited by your imagination. Projects that customers have used Enviromat for include:-
*Putting an Enviromat roof over 50 square metres onto a commercial or a domestic roof requires specialist design knowledge and additional components. Q Lawns are not in the position to advise on this type of roof construction or supply specialist components. For green roof construction they recommend that you take advice from green roof specialists Bauder Ltd. Tel: 01473 257671 or visit www.bauder.co.uk |
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What to Expect from Enviromat |
All year round interest! The plants in Enviromat keep their leaves all year round and flower from early spring right through to autumn. Through the season you will see varying shades of yellow, pink, white and red flowers in different heights, shapes and patterns. Enviromat foliage also changes colour and texture throughout the year as different species in the mixture all enjoy slightly different temperatures and light levels. Very often (but not always) Enviromat blushes a cheery shade of red during the winter months. Enviromat is also attractive to wildlife. These sedum plants growing in Enviromat are native to Europe and just like their cousin, the butterfly sedum, are particularly attractive to garden-friendly insects such as bees, butterflies and ladybirds. Birds also seem to like Enviromat, not least for the spent flower heads that provide nutrition and nesting material. |
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Enviromat in Brief |
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How to Install Enviromat |
Installing Enviromat is quick and easy but to ensure that the sedum plants remain vibrant, healthy and attractive for years to come here are some recommended guidelines to follow:-
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Care and Maintenance of Enviromat |
Compared with bedding plants, herbaceous perennials, roses and many other popular garden occupants, Enviromat is remarkably easy to care for. The propagation has been done for you, there is no need for daily watering and it doesn’t need mowing or trimming unless you want a textured ground covering rather than a flowering one. So what steps do you need to take in order to keep your Enviromat in good order for the foreseeable future?
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Enviromat on Roof |
Pebble edge to Enviromat on Roof |
Kate's Sedum Roof |
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Enviromat on Office Roof |
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Shiny Mid-Green leaves, which are 36 inches long and Blue-Green beneath |
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Cortaderia selloana / Pampas Grass |
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Festuca glauca / Blue fescue |
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Hakone-chloa macra 'Albo-variegata' / Hakon Grass |
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CT Flora turf soil-free turf production process has a number of advantages over wild flower seeding:-
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GRASS GALLERY PAGES
Site Map of pages with content (o)
Introduction
INFLORESCENCE COLOUR
(o)Blue
Orange
(o)Other Colours
Pink
Red
(o)White
Yellow
LEAF COLOUR
Black
(o)Blue
Brown
Bronze
(o)Green
Grey
Purple
Red
Silver
(o)Variegated White
Variegated Yellow
White
Yellow
Autumn Colour
4 Season Colour
FORM
Mat-forming
Prostrate
Mound-forming
Spreading
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Arching
SEED COLOUR
Seed
BED PICTURES
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STAGE 4C CULTIVATION, POSITION, USE GALLERY
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Outdoor / Garden Cultivation |
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Indoor / House Cultivation |
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Cool Greenhouse (and Alpine House) Cultivation with artificial heating in the Winter |
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Conservatory Cultivation with heating throughout the year |
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Stovehouse Cultivation with heating throughout the year for Tropical Plants |
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Ground Cover 0-24 inches (0-60 cms) |
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Ground Cover 24-72 inches (60-180 cms) |
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Ground Cover Over 72 inches (180 cms) |
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Flower Shape - Simple |
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Fragrant Plants adds the use of another of your 5 senses in your garden:- |
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STAGE 2 Fan-trained Shape From Rhododendrons, boxwood, azaleas, clematis, novelties, bay trees, hardy plants, evergreens : novelties bulbs, cannas novelties, palms, araucarias, ferns, vines, orchids, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees book, via Wikimedia Commons |
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Ramblers Scramblers & Twiners by Michael Jefferson-Brown (ISBN 0 - 7153 - 0942 - 0) describes how to choose, plant and nurture over 500 high-performance climbing plants and wall shrubs, so that more can be made of your garden if you think not just laterally on the ground but use the vertical support structures including the house as well. The Gardener's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Climbers & Wall Shrubs - A Guide to more than 2000 varieties including Roses, Clematis and Fruit Trees by Brian Davis. (ISBN 0-670-82929-3) provides the lists for 'Choosing the right Shrub or Climber' together with Average Height and Spread after 5 years, 10 years and 20 years. |
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STAGE 4D Trees and Shrubs suitable for Clay Soils (neutral to slightly acid) Trees and Shrubs suitable for Dry Acid Soils Trees and Shrubs suitable for Shallow Soil over Chalk Trees and Shrubs tolerant of both extreme Acidity and Alkalinity Trees and Shrubs suitable for Damp Sites Trees and Shrubs suitable for Industrial Areas Trees and Shrubs suitable for Cold Exposed Areas Trees and Shrubs suitable for Seaside Areas Shrubs suitable for Heavy Shade Shrubs and Climbers suitable for NORTH- and EAST-facing Walls Shrubs suitable for Ground Cover Trees and Shrubs of Upright or Fastigiate Habit Trees and Shrubs with Ornamental Bark or Twigs Trees and Shrubs with Bold Foliage Trees and Shrubs for Autumn Colour Trees and Shrubs with Red or Purple Foliage Trees and Shrubs with Golden or Yellow Foliage Trees and Shrubs with Grey or Silver Foliage Trees and Shrubs with Variegated Foliage Trees and Shrubs bearing Ornamental Fruit Trees and Shrubs with Fragrant or Scented Flowers Trees and Shrubs with Aromatic Foliage Flowering Trees and Shrubs for Every Month:- |