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Japanese Bamboo Coexistence Guides

Japanese Bamboo 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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Broadleaf Sagittaria

Sagittaria latifolia

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Needle Leaf Ludwigia

Ludwigia arcuata

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Hedge

Didiplis diandra

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Tonina

Tonina fluviatilis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Tornado Ludwigia

Ludwigia inclinata

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Japan Clover

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Water Rose

Samolus valerandi

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Golden Nesaea

Nesaea crassicaulis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Matto Grosso Milfoil

Myriophyllum mattogrossense

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Bog Moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Ruffled Aponogeton

Aponogeton crispus

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Whorly Rotala

Rotala wallichii

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate