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Boivin's Aponogeton Coexistence Guides

Boivin's Aponogeton is most often used 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.

PlacementBackground
LightModerate
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowHigh (River/Stream)
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Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Madagascar Lace Plant

Aponogeton madagascariensis

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedModerate

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Quillwort

Isoetes lacustris

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Shoreweed

Littorella uniflora

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Octopus Plant

Pogostemon stellatus

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Orchid Lily

Barclaya longifolia

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Violet

Hottonia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Crinum

Crinum natans

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Silver Lagenandra

Lagenandra thwaitesii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Giant Sagittaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Japanese Bamboo

Blyxa japonica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate