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Mexican Oak Leaf Coexistence Guides

Mexican Oak Leaf 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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Banana Plant

Nymphoides aquatica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Quillwort

Isoetes lacustris

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Shoreweed

Littorella uniflora

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Water Hawthorn

Aponogeton distachyos

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Zipper Moss

Fissidens zippelianus

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Amazon Sword

Echinodorus amazonicus

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Lemon Bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Orchid Lily

Barclaya longifolia

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
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

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Willow Moss

Fontinalis antipyretica

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Crinum

Crinum natans

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Coral Pelia

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Works with Planning
Other
Attached to hardscape
Background
BeginnerLow

Radican Sword

Echinodorus cordifolius

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Skeleton King

Bucephalandra kishii

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

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Works with Planning
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Water Hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerHigh

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow