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Octopus Plant Coexistence Guides

Octopus Plant 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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Japan Clover

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Monte Carlo

Micranthemum tweediei

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mexican Oak Leaf

Shinnersia rivularis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

S. Repens

Staurogyne repens

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Slender Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Ruffled Aponogeton

Aponogeton crispus

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate