Planting Under Roof Drip Line

Note too that water cascading off a roof can damage plants below.

Planting under roof drip line.

If you plant beneath an overhang be prepared to water these plants throughout the growing season. Any suggestions on what i can plant under the dripline of my roof. I have not planted anything under the drip line even with gutters on the roof. 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. 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. 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. Secondly think about your roof its overhang and the drip edge of your roof.

Sun shade even dry shade under a maple tree as shown in the following photo. 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. It produces purple flowers in august.

Drip line in irrigation. Apr 6 2014 drip line under the roof eaves. You might say i have gutters. If you live in a cold climate even with gutters icicles can form will drip and can.

Design the back layer with plants tolerant of full shade. It grows well in atlanta ga so perhaps it would do well for you. We have a thatch roof. How about liriope muscari.

In pa it is a very tough plant that will grow anywhere.