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Banana Plant Coexistence Guides

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

PlacementForeground
LightModerate
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watergrass

Hygroryza aristata

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Grows Well Together
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Spangles

Salvinia minima

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Stringy Moss

Leptodictyum riparium

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Crypt

Cryptocoryne parva

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Floating Water Sprite

Ceratopteris cornuta

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Meebold's Lagenandra

Lagenandra meeboldii

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Cabbage

Pistia stratiotes

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Cardinal Plant

Lobelia cardinalis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Giant Hairgrass

Eleocharis montevidensis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Lucky Bamboo

Dracaena sanderiana

Works with Planning
Other
Background
BeginnerLow