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Broadleaf Sword Coexistence Guides

Broadleaf Sword 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
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Giant Crypt

Cryptocoryne usteriana

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Grows Well Together
Other
Attached to hardscape
Background
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Marimo Moss Ball

Aegagropila linnaei

Grows Well Together
Other
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Prieto's Plant

Schismatoglottis prietoi

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Singapore Moss

Vesicularia dubyana

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Giant Sagittaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Shoreweed

Littorella uniflora

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Water Spangles

Salvinia minima

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Amazon Sword

Echinodorus amazonicus

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Beckett's Water Trumpet

Cryptocoryne beckettii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Belinda's Buce

Bucephalandra belindae

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Buce Motleyana

Bucephalandra motleyana

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Crepidomanes Fern

Crepidomanes auriculatum

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
AdvancedLow

Cryptocoryne Lutea

Cryptocoryne walkeri var. lutea

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Buce

Bucephalandra pygmaea

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Phoenix Moss

Fissidens fontanus

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Wendtii Crypt

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow