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Lucky Bamboo Coexistence Guides

Lucky Bamboo 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.

PlacementBackground
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Sivadasan's Crypt

Cryptocoryne sivadasanii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateLow

Spiral Crypt

Cryptocoryne spiralis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Watermeal

Wolffia arrhiza

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

African Water Fern

Bolbitis heudelotii

Conflicting Needs
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Meebold's Lagenandra

Lagenandra meeboldii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Sword

Echinodorus bleheri

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Nair's Lagenandra

Lagenandra nairii

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

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Monte Carlo

Micranthemum tweediei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Works with Planning
Other
Attached to hardscape
Background
BeginnerLow