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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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Japanese Bamboo

Blyxa japonica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Ruffled Aponogeton

Aponogeton crispus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Octopus Plant

Pogostemon stellatus

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Orchid Lily

Barclaya longifolia

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Spadeleaf Plant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Broadleaf Sagittaria

Sagittaria latifolia

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Compact Aponogeton

Aponogeton ulvaceus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Needle Leaf Ludwigia

Ludwigia arcuata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Red Mangrove

Rhizophora mangle

Works with Planning
Other
Background
AdvancedHigh

Ashy Pipewort

Eriocaulon cinereum

Conflicting Needs
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
AdvancedHigh

Cylindric Ludwigia

Ludwigia glandulosa

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Green Cabomba

Cabomba aquatica

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Bog Moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Conflicting Needs
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh