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Spatterdock Coexistence Guides

Spatterdock 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
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowLow (Still Water)
Showing 97 - 120 of 163 Guides

Red Ammannia

Ammannia pedicellata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Uruguay Sword

Echinodorus uruguayensis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

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

Capuron's Aponogeton

Aponogeton capuronii

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedModerate

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Lucky Bamboo

Dracaena sanderiana

Works with Planning
Other
Background
BeginnerLow

Mexican Oak Leaf

Shinnersia rivularis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Belinda's Buce

Bucephalandra belindae

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Buce

Bucephalandra pygmaea

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Golden Nesaea

Nesaea crassicaulis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Large Ammannia

Ammannia gracilis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Marimo Moss Ball

Aegagropila linnaei

Works with Planning
Other
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow