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Melon Sword Coexistence Guides

Melon Sword 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
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Water Orchid

Spiranthes odorata

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Amazon Sword

Echinodorus amazonicus

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Orchid Lily

Barclaya longifolia

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

S. Repens

Staurogyne repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Slender Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Uruguay Sword

Echinodorus uruguayensis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Violet

Hottonia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

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

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Compact Aponogeton

Aponogeton ulvaceus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Japan Clover

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Leopard Val

Vallisneria nana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Giant Crypt

Cryptocoryne usteriana

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Meebold's Lagenandra

Lagenandra meeboldii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Zipper Moss

Fissidens zippelianus

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Sword

Echinodorus bleheri

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate