How to plant and maintain a succulent green roof on your shed...or anywhere for that matter!

This week on The Horti-Culturalists we take a look at Stephen's brilliant succulent roof gracing his equally brilliant garden shed and ask the important question: why have an ugly shed!! But how did he make it? What plants did he use? What were the pitfalls and what were the pleasant surprises? We'll answer all these questions AND more. The idea can be adapted to any climate and it's a question of trial and error to see what will work for you. Stephen suggests using prostrate and rosetting types of succulents and some of the species he recommends are: Echeveria, Sempervivum, Sedum and Mesembryanthemum.
0:00 introduction
0:26 Introduction to Stephen's green roof
1:36 How Stephen made his green roof
2:58 Type of soil Stephen used
3:32 Construction details
4:03 Some of the problems
4:36 Surprising benefits
5:13 Maintenance
9:15 Some plant types Stephen used
10:20 Hardiness
11:14 Other types of plants to use
12.40 Moss growth