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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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Melon Sword

Echinodorus osiris

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mexican Oak Leaf

Shinnersia rivularis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Water Onion

Crinum thaianum

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watergrass

Hygroryza aristata

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Banana Plant

Nymphoides aquatica

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Crypt

Cryptocoryne parva

Conflicting Needs
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Zipper Moss

Fissidens zippelianus

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

African Onion Plant

Crinum calamistratum

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Balansae

Cryptocoryne crispatula

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Bonsai Rotala

Rotala indica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Tiger Lotus

Nymphaea lotus

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Hawthorn

Aponogeton distachyos

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Orchid

Spiranthes odorata

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate