Spatterdock
Nuphar japonica
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Giant Hairgrass is most often used 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.
Nuphar japonica
Nymphaea micrantha
Hygrophila difformis
Limnobium laevigatum
Hygroryza aristata
Salvinia cucullata
Salvinia natans
Phyllanthus fluitans
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Aponogeton madagascariensis
Monosolenium tenerum
Leptodictyum riparium
Ludwigia inclinata
Cryptocoryne beckettii
Cryptocoryne walkeri var. lutea
Cryptocoryne usteriana
Nymphaea lotus
Cryptocoryne undulata
Aponogeton distachyos
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Egeria densa
Echinodorus bleheri
Nesaea crassicaulis