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Skeleton King Coexistence Guides

Skeleton King is most often used attached to hardscape, 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.

PlacementAttached to hardscape
LightModerate
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Tonina

Tonina fluviatilis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Tornado Ludwigia

Ludwigia inclinata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Japan Clover

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Guppy Grass

Najas guadalupensis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Large Ammannia

Ammannia gracilis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Giant Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Giant Red Rotala

Rotala macrandra

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Red Milfoil

Myriophyllum tuberculatum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Water Spangles

Salvinia minima

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Whorly Rotala

Rotala wallichii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Floating Water Sprite

Ceratopteris cornuta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Cabbage

Pistia stratiotes

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Amazon Sword

Echinodorus amazonicus

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Uruguay Sword

Echinodorus uruguayensis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate