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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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Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Giant Baby Tears

Micranthemum umbrosum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Phoenix Moss

Fissidens fontanus

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Marimo Moss Ball

Aegagropila linnaei

Works with Planning
Other
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Orchid Lily

Barclaya longifolia

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Prieto's Plant

Schismatoglottis prietoi

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Singapore Moss

Vesicularia dubyana

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Spiral Crypt

Cryptocoryne spiralis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Whorly Rotala

Rotala wallichii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Anacharis

Egeria densa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Capuron's Aponogeton

Aponogeton capuronii

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedModerate

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Matto Grosso Milfoil

Myriophyllum mattogrossense

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Red Ammannia

Ammannia pedicellata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Spadeleaf Plant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Crinum

Crinum natans

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow