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Java Fern Coexistence Guides

Java Fern is most often used midground, background, and attached to hardscape, 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
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Willisii

Cryptocoryne x willisii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Giant Sagittaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Nair's Lagenandra

Lagenandra nairii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Attached to hardscape
IntermediateModerate

Silver Lagenandra

Lagenandra thwaitesii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Rose

Samolus valerandi

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

African Onion Plant

Crinum calamistratum

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Balansae

Cryptocoryne crispatula

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Works with Planning
Other
Attached to hardscape
Background
BeginnerLow

Water Orchid

Spiranthes odorata

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Guppy Grass

Najas guadalupensis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Broadleaf Sword

Echinodorus bleheri

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

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