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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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Cylindric Ludwigia

Ludwigia glandulosa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Red Ammannia

Ammannia pedicellata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Coral Pelia

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Radican Sword

Echinodorus cordifolius

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Spatterdock

Nuphar japonica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Watermeal

Wolffia arrhiza

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Golden Nesaea

Nesaea crassicaulis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Large Ammannia

Ammannia gracilis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Meebold's Lagenandra

Lagenandra meeboldii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Tiger Lotus

Nymphaea lotus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate