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Japanese Cress Coexistence Guides

Japanese Cress 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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Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Ambulia

Limnophila sessiliflora

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

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

Water Rose

Samolus valerandi

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Giant Hairgrass

Eleocharis montevidensis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Japanese Bamboo

Blyxa japonica

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Mexican Oak Leaf

Shinnersia rivularis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Giant Baby Tears

Micranthemum umbrosum

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Quillwort

Isoetes lacustris

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate