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African Onion Plant Coexistence Guides

African Onion Plant is most often used midground and background, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementMidground
LightModerate
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Red Ammannia

Ammannia pedicellata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

African Water Fern

Bolbitis heudelotii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Compact Aponogeton

Aponogeton ulvaceus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Floating Water Sprite

Ceratopteris cornuta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Süßwassertang

Lomariopsis lineata

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Water Cabbage

Pistia stratiotes

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Watermeal

Wolffia arrhiza

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Java Moss

Taxiphyllum barbieri

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Bog Moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Giant Baby Tears

Micranthemum umbrosum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Golden Nesaea

Nesaea crassicaulis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Matto Grosso Milfoil

Myriophyllum mattogrossense

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Works with Planning
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Parrot's Feather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Giant Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Radican Sword

Echinodorus cordifolius

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate