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Cardinal Plant Coexistence Guides

Cardinal Plant 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
LightModerate
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Quillwort

Isoetes lacustris

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Shoreweed

Littorella uniflora

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Water Orchid

Spiranthes odorata

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Bonsai Rotala

Rotala indica

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow

Nair's Lagenandra

Lagenandra nairii

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Attached to hardscape
IntermediateModerate

Needle Leaf Ludwigia

Ludwigia arcuata

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Silver Lagenandra

Lagenandra thwaitesii

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Sivadasan's Crypt

Cryptocoryne sivadasanii

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateLow

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Cylindric Ludwigia

Ludwigia glandulosa

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Giant Sagittaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Bog Moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Dwarf Crypt

Cryptocoryne parva

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate