Planting Under Roof Drip Line

It produces purple flowers in august.

Planting under roof drip line. Notice how the trees and shrubs in this foundation planting are placed beyond the drip line of the overhanging eaves. Drip irrigation is a low pressure low volume watering system that saves water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants either onto the soil s surface or directly onto the root zone through a network of valves pipes tubing and emitters. Every time it rains water will be falling off of the edge of your house s roof right onto the bushes which will damage them and erode the soil. I have not planted anything under the drip line even with gutters on the roof.

Design the back layer with plants tolerant of full shade. Secondly think about your roof its overhang and the drip edge of your roof. How about liriope muscari. You might say i have gutters.

If you live in a cold climate even with gutters icicles can form will drip and can. Apr 6 2014 drip line under the roof eaves. Even if other areas under the overhang receive partial sun for a few hours per day the back row is unlikely to get a significant. Sun shade even dry shade under a maple tree as shown in the following photo.

It grows well in atlanta ga so perhaps it would do well for you. Md landscaping driggs idaho. In pa it is a very tough plant that will grow anywhere. Drip line in irrigation.

Any suggestions on what i can plant under the dripline of my roof. From the building to a few inches further than the drip line i have rocks actually put there those broken up pieces of red bricks i can buy here in bags at lowes and hd. Planting directly under the drip line is asking for trouble rain snow and ice will damage any plant in that location sometimes terminally. This is especially important for a building with a basement.

We have a thatch roof.