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Giant Baby Tears Coexistence Guides

Giant Baby Tears 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
LightHigh
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Bog Moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Golden Nesaea

Nesaea crassicaulis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Giant Red Rotala

Rotala macrandra

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Whorly Rotala

Rotala wallichii

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Bonsai Rotala

Rotala indica

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Cylindric Ludwigia

Ludwigia glandulosa

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Slender Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Ashy Pipewort

Eriocaulon cinereum

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
AdvancedHigh

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Cardinal Plant

Lobelia cardinalis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Giant Hairgrass

Eleocharis montevidensis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate