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Baby Tears Coexistence Guides

Baby Tears 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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Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Cardinal Plant

Lobelia cardinalis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Giant Hairgrass

Eleocharis montevidensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow

Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Bog Moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Quillwort

Isoetes lacustris

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Ruffled Aponogeton

Aponogeton crispus

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Shoreweed

Littorella uniflora

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Zipper Moss

Fissidens zippelianus

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Bonsai Rotala

Rotala indica

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Nair's Lagenandra

Lagenandra nairii

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Attached to hardscape
IntermediateModerate

Cylindric Ludwigia

Ludwigia glandulosa

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Giant Sagittaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate