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Tiger Lotus Coexistence Guides

Tiger Lotus 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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Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watergrass

Hygroryza aristata

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Crypt

Cryptocoryne parva

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Floating Water Sprite

Ceratopteris cornuta

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Cabbage

Pistia stratiotes

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Hawthorn

Aponogeton distachyos

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Sagittaria

Sagittaria latifolia

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Works with Planning
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber 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

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

Water Spangles

Salvinia minima

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Banana Plant

Nymphoides aquatica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate