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Compact Aponogeton Coexistence Guides

Compact Aponogeton 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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Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Monte Carlo

Micranthemum tweediei

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Sagittaria

Sagittaria latifolia

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Giant Hairgrass

Eleocharis montevidensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Japan Clover

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Shoreweed

Littorella uniflora

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Orchid Lily

Barclaya longifolia

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

S. Repens

Staurogyne repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Slender Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Spadeleaf Plant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Violet

Hottonia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Ruffled Aponogeton

Aponogeton crispus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate