Green Lily
Nymphaea glandulifera
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Back to Broadleaf Sword
Broadleaf Sword Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job Broadleaf Sword does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.
PlacementMidground
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
Showing 49 - 72 of 163 Guides
Related Option
Japanese Bamboo
Blyxa japonica
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Japanese Cress
Cardamine lyrata
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Java Fern
Leptochilus pteropus
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Meebold's Lagenandra
Lagenandra meeboldii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Mexican Oak Leaf
Shinnersia rivularis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Octopus Plant
Pogostemon stellatus
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Silver Lagenandra
Lagenandra thwaitesii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Stargrass
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate
Water Wisteria
Hygrophila difformis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Willow Moss
Fontinalis antipyretica
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow
Zippel's Fern
Microsorum zippelii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Giant Crypt
Cryptocoryne usteriana
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow
Mermaid Weed
Proserpinaca palustris
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Red Ammannia
Ammannia pedicellata
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Scarlet Temple
Alternanthera reineckii
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Baby Tears
Lindernia rotundifolia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Cardinal Plant
Lobelia cardinalis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Crypt Wendtii
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow
Ditch Stonecrop
Penthorum sedoides
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Mint Charlie
Clinopodium brownei
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Skeleton King
Bucephalandra kishii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Midground
IntermediateModerate
Stringy Moss
Leptodictyum riparium
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow