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Parrot's Feather Coexistence Guides

Parrot's Feather 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
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Octopus Plant

Pogostemon stellatus

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Banana Plant

Nymphoides aquatica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Tiger Lotus

Nymphaea lotus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Hawthorn

Aponogeton distachyos

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Carolina Fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Monte Carlo

Micranthemum tweediei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mexican Oak Leaf

Shinnersia rivularis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Spatterdock

Nuphar japonica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Radican Sword

Echinodorus cordifolius

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Works with Planning
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Water Hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerHigh

Willisii

Cryptocoryne x willisii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate