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Dwarf Water Lily Coexistence Guides

Dwarf Water Lily 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
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Giant Crypt

Cryptocoryne usteriana

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Mosaic Plant

Ludwigia sedioides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Süßwassertang

Lomariopsis lineata

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Anacharis

Egeria densa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Lemon Bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Matto Grosso Milfoil

Myriophyllum mattogrossense

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Spadeleaf Plant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Ricefield Weed

Limnophila aromatica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Water Hedge

Didiplis diandra

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Amazon Sword

Echinodorus amazonicus

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Hygro

Hygrophila polysperma

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Green Cabomba

Cabomba aquatica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
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

Tonina

Tonina fluviatilis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Tornado Ludwigia

Ludwigia inclinata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Uruguay Sword

Echinodorus uruguayensis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Skeleton King

Bucephalandra kishii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Crepidomanes Fern

Crepidomanes auriculatum

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

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Whorly Rotala

Rotala wallichii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Java Moss

Taxiphyllum barbieri

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow