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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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Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Needle Leaf Ludwigia

Ludwigia arcuata

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Water Rose

Samolus valerandi

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Japanese Bamboo

Blyxa japonica

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Bog Moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

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

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Water Orchid

Spiranthes odorata

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Zipper Moss

Fissidens zippelianus

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Lemon Bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Octopus Plant

Pogostemon stellatus

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Bonsai Rotala

Rotala indica

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh