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Italian Val Comparison Guides

Use these comparisons when you like the job Italian Val does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.

PlacementBackground
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
Showing 1 - 24 of 102 Guides

Broadleaf Sagittaria

Sagittaria latifolia

Related Option
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Giant Hairgrass

Eleocharis montevidensis

Related Option
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Giant Sagittaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Related Option
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Related Option
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Leopard Val

Vallisneria nana

Related Option
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Related Option
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

Related Option
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Anacharis

Egeria densa

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Lucky Bamboo

Dracaena sanderiana

Related Option
Other
Background
BeginnerLow

African Onion Plant

Crinum calamistratum

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Related Option
Other
Attached to hardscape
Background
BeginnerLow

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Balansae

Cryptocoryne crispatula

Related Option
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Ambulia

Limnophila sessiliflora

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Hygro

Hygrophila polysperma

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Willow Moss

Fontinalis antipyretica

Related Option
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

African Water Fern

Bolbitis heudelotii

Related Option
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Afzel's Anubias

Anubias afzelii

Related Option
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow